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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by bbatchelder on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @04:21PM (#6478843)
Apparently that can be defeated with Photoshop.
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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by ewang1 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @04:50PM (#6479003)
Or maybe a animated GIF image.
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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by stevewillows on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @05:18PM (#6479149)
Animated gifs would today work. What if the camera focused on something behind you first and then the face? Would that bypass a 2D method?
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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by tedunangst on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @06:36PM (#6479526)
On a camera with effectively infinite depth of field? Probably not.
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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by stevewillows on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @04:48AM (#6481361)
Couldn't the camera even just focus on a face and then the neck as a point of depth? Honestly, all of these quick-check systems have countless flaws.

I'm ready to have a chip in my arm now.

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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by tedunangst on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @10:30AM (#6482582)
The point is they're both in focus. The camera (lens) isn't able to focus on the face and not the neck.
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