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Re:Fingerprint Extraction Using Smartphone Camera by oleks on Saturday August 05, 2017 @10:43AM (#14935948)
Ironically, this looks like another excellent argument against the use of fingerprint authentication. It makes it easier to capture someone's fingerprints without their consent - "Hey, could you hold my phone for a sec?" - "Thanks!"

Oh, and it is easy enough to break TouchID[1], so what makes using the smartphone camera any more sensible?

[1]: https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2013/ccc-breaks-apple-touchid

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Re:Fingerprint Extraction Using Smartphone Camera by userbinator on Saturday August 05, 2017 @01:01PM (#14936638)
It makes it easier to capture someone's fingerprints without their consent

You can already observe someone and take the prints from whatever was touched last... no need to interact with the person directly.

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