Comments on: Biometrics, the machete hack

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:46:33 +0000

The gang went too far to steal this car, but this story didnt’t surprise, Malysia is not the richest country in the world after all, the Mercedes S-class is worth around $75,000 and it was protected by a fingerprint recognition system.
So now, the only thing we should really call for, that biometric systems should work only if the necessary body part, be it a finger or an eye is attached to a living person. The case demonstrates the need for liveness detection. I think fingerprint sensors are being developed that detects sweat, and iris scanners that can detect changes in the iris according to movement and light.

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By: Ram

Ram — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:52:02 +0000

It’s true biometrics and for that matter no security is bullet proof. But discounting biometrics because fingers can be cut off is crude and uneducated. Most of the advantages of biometrics have not been highlighted nor the audience educated. As for chopping of fingers…this is a case you have to worry but like the car radio thefts stopped when thiefs found out that radio won’t work once ripped off will help here too….the problem of detecting the liveness of fingers has been in place and will deter the chopping of fingers.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:38:56 +0000

and painful. it hurts as well

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:54:11 +0000

Lesson — there is no undefeatable security and often the best methods of defeating security are the crudest.

By: Plasticnoodle

Plasticnoodle — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 06:32:49 +0000

Biometrics, Slashed And Hacked

Om Malik on Broadband » Biometrics, the machete hack The problem with all the biometrics systems I’ve seen so far is that they try and take a unique part of the human body for security… but no one’s body…

By: craig

craig — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:28:03 +0000

is that the price of being rich?

By: Benoit Gariod

Benoit Gariod — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:10:05 +0000

You’d think it’d be easy enough to include a heartbeat sensor in the fingerprint reader, but no.
Well chop-chop, then.