Oct 08
I happened to read the article Le système biométrique de Microsoft piraté avec de la pâte à fixe ?. It is in French, so I provide here a quick Babelfish translation of the orginal content (I changed few little words from the automatic translation):
Exclusive: French students succeed in circumventing the biometric system of Microsoft, the FingerPrint readers… with adhesive paste!
Two students found a very original means of circumventing the security system of FingerPrint readers of Microsoft. With this intention, they employed candle’s wax and adhesive paste of a very known mark. “With the means of we had we managed to circumvent a system which probably cost million dollars of development”. Most worrying is the easiness to bypass this biometric control. They moulded a print in candle’s wax, used adhesive paste to get the positive and the game is there as a video posted on DailyMotion shows. “Our next idea is the recovery of fingerprints on glass and the exploitation of those”.
Of course, breaking security is illegal. I do not want here to spread some illegal information.
Also, having weak, breakable security systems is not a privilege of Microsoft only….
But, it is fun anyway! I mean, you invest a lot of money in securing something that your children could compromise so easily….
October 28th, 2009 at 0:50
Hi,
It is an old post but:
Biometric data is NOT Secure. Especialy your fingerprint is NOT a replacement to a KEY. It could only serve as an additionaly barrier. Fingerprints are a Problem because you leave your “key” reale everywhere not only on glasses but at the device and at doors and doorframes, too.
The other Problem is the BADFINGERS-Problem. There is one person of a thousend persons whos fingers have no or not enough scannable features…that means if your company has 1000 employes, it is likely that one of your employes could not identify himself by fingerprint…..will never open the biometric secured door or activate the PC…