[MARHMIS] RE: FYI about Identity Verification

Thanks Abram –

This does sound like a LOT of work and so goes further along on your point about breaking into something more lucrative than a homeless service data base…..

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From: marhmis@googlegroups.com [mailto:marhmis@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Abram L. Hillson
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 12:43 PM
To: 'marhmis@googlegroups.com'
Subject: [MARHMIS] FW: FYI about Identity Verification

Here is the article from Susan about fingerprints.

Abram Hillson
Director of HMIS
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency
P.O Box 18550
Trenton, New Jersey 08650-2085
Phone: 609-278-7567
Fax: 609-278-4173
https://hmis.njhmfaserv.org/



From: Denard, Susan R. [mailto:srdenard@co.bucks.pa.us]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:47 AM
To: Abram L. Hillson
Subject: FYI about Identity Verification

Thought you might be interested in this email that just came across my desk since you have spoken to MARHMIS about the use of fingerprinting technology

Sue

Susan Denard, LCSW
Policy and Planning Specialist
Bucks County Office of Human Services
Heritage Center, Building 600
2325 Heritage Center Drive
Furlong, PA 18925
215-348-6910
215-340-8943 (Fax)
srdenard@co.bucks.pa.us

 

How did one hacker show that passwords can be more secure than fingerprints?

Answer: by spoofing a German minister's fingerprints through the use of a high resolution photo
by News Staff / January 5, 2015
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Hacker Jan Krissler used high resolution photos of German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen's hands to recreate her fingerprints.
At a recent conference, he also spoke about the weakness of eye scanners as a means of identity verification, due to the proliferation of increasingly high resolution cameras that could conceivably be used as "corneal keyloggers" – take a photo of someone's eye and get access to all their stuff.
In 2013, Krissler gained attention in the hacker community for bypassing Apple's smartphone fingerprint scanner using a dummy thumbprint created from wood glue and sprayable graphene. While many hold out hope that biometrics might someday replace passwords as a means of identity verification, Krissler demonstrates that a strong password derives security from its secrecy in a way that many biometric measures cannot match.
Hacker Jan Krissler used high resolution photos of German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen's hands to recreate her fingerprints.
At a recent conference, he also spoke about the weakness of eye scanners as a means of identity verification, due to the proliferation of increasingly high resolution cameras that could conceivably be used as "corneal keyloggers" – take a photo of someone's eye and get access to all their stuff.
In 2013, Krissler gained attention in the hacker community for bypassing Apple's smartphone fingerprint scanner using a dummy thumbprint created from wood glue and sprayable graphene. While many hold out hope that biometrics might someday replace passwords as a means of identity verification, Krissler demonstrates that a strong password derives security from its secrecy in a way that many biometric measures cannot match.


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