Reasons not to use fingerprint authentication

[ewx]

This article, about a women demonstrating that biometrics can be faked (although she got caught in the end), reminded me of this one, which ought to be trotted out any time anyone suggests using fingerprints to protect anything even slightly valuable.

(I read that fingerprints don't match between identical twins, so the other obvious objection to the immigration control system using fingerprints might not stand.)

Comments

[k425.livejournal.com]

(The title GATTACA itself is a reference to an arbitrary DNA sequence.)

And you don't want to know how far through the film I was before I made the connection!

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

You and probably the majority of the rest of the audience.

(At least, I hope that's the case, otherwise I feel dumb too.)

[ewx.livejournal.com]

It took me a while too l-)

[lnr]

I needed someone else to point it out.