http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/I knew it, they had a key.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/
I didn't see the episode so it's a guess..but was the "key" step the fact that they would have had to reverse the print? i.e. a copy of the lifted print would have been a mirror image wouldn't it? ]]>Sep 22nd 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/"Capacitive ones are much better."

The scanner they tested used that technology. To bypass it they just licked their fingers. Which offered capacitance]]>Sep 22nd 2006 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,103535-page,1/article.html

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Moronic.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/
For most consumers the thought of having a fingerprint scanner makes them feel like they are safe and protected against theft and that is good enough for them and the people who market these devices. ]]>Sep 22nd 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 22nd 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/
I wish I had their job.

One of the other things they showed on this episode is that you can beat a thermal motion detector with a white bed sheet. That was shocking even to them.

The thing about security, though, is that anybody will tell you that you shouldn't be relying on a single device to secure anything. Sure, it's possible somebody would have a white bed sheet. It's possible somebody would have a bump key. It's possible somebody would have your alarm system's master code. It's possible somebody would have a copy of your fingerprint.

But to have *everything* someone would need to defeat these multiple layers of technology would require some serious time, energy and skill. Unless you're storing the Hope Diamond in your house, it's really not going to be worth it for 99% of thieves.

Me, I've just got a monitored alarm system and a security camera, and I can't see how anybody's going to defeat both.

Any home alarm system at all, btw, will render bump keys totally useless. Provided you've got sensors at every door, of course, but that's a pretty standard setup.
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The funny thing is the old "lock & key" is actually better then these new fangled finger print readers.]]>Sep 22nd 2006 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/Sep 23rd 2006 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/digital-fingerprint-door-lock-defeated-by-photocopied-print/
What is that alarm anyways?

By the way, why are you trying to deceive the scanner/keypad? If opening the door is the goal, most of the locks use solenoids for locking mechanism, and shielding magnetic fields is not easy, with a strong enough field every electronic door can be opened, if you know the intrinsics.

On second tought, carrying a huge solenoid of your own raises too much suspision I guess.
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