Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fingerprints

Re:Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fin... by bigiain on Thursday May 11, 2017 @08:38PM (#14320633)

I imagine that sort of "committed adversary" is also quite capable of hitting you with a $5 wrench until you tell them the passcode...

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Re:Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fin... by Ntrails on Friday May 12, 2017 @04:59AM (#14322405)

They only have to hit you once, and then put your finger on the button

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Re:Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fin... by derefr on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:24PM (#14320807)

I was presuming the sort of high-profile target where kidnapping them would quickly get some snipers emplaced and/or a MOAB dropped on you. If you want to, say, steal a nuclear submarine, you can't just kidnap an admiral and force them to hand over the keys. :P

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Re:Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fin... by Mtinie on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:09PM (#14320947)

No, that's the inelegant solution. Blackmail works far better with far less blowback.

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Re:Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fin... by bigiain on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:32PM (#14321010)

Or you just subvert their democracy and insert your own puppet commander-in-chief - that way you get _all_ the nuclear submarines...

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