Title: Hacker fakes German minister's fingerprints using
photos of her hands
Summary:
Jan Krissler, hacker, also referred
to as Starbug in the hackers circle has managed to used high resolution photos,
including one from a government press office, to successfully recreate the
fingerprints of Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen. In a high profile stunt in 2013, he
spoofed Apple’s Touched sensors within 24 hours of the release of the
iPhone 5S. Using a smudge on the screen of an iPhone, he printed a dummy finger
using wood glue and sprayable graphene, which successfully unlocked a phone
registered to someone else’s thumb.
Facts/Phrases:
Ø As
the ACLU’s Jay Stanley told the Washington Post, “Biometrics are not
secrets… Ideally, they’re unique to each individual, but that’s not the same
thing as being a secret.”
Ø Starbug
agrees, telling Zeit in 2013 that “I consider my password safer than
my fingerprint… My password is in my head, and if I’m careful when typing, I
remain the only one who knows it.”
Opinion:
In my opinion, this highlights
how new and digital media has become so advanced its helped hackers violate
biometric systems. This is a simple evidence of how new and digital media can
affect the audiences and the news.
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