Computer Scientists Are Developing A ‘Master’ Fingerprint That Could Unlock Your Phone
But questions remain
- Rob Verger for The Huffington Post April 14th, 2017
- Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/computer-scientists-are-developing-a-master-fingerprint_us_58f10e15e4b04cae050dc6d7?section=us_technology
Fingerprint readers, like the TouchID on an iPhone, exist to make your device extra secure while keeping the process of unlocking it easy. Computer scientists at New York University and Michigan State are poised to turn that security benefit on its head. Like a master key that can open any lock, these researchers developed digital “master prints” that could emulate a variety of partial fingerprints enough to hypothetically hack into a device.
The researchers wondered if there was a fingerprint equivalent to a common four-digit security code, like “1234.”
