Stop Sending Pictures of Your Palm

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Image source, 31c3Image caption, Mr Krissler provided details of his technique at a convention in HamburgByZoe KleinmanTechnology reporter, BBC NewsA member of the Chaos Computer Club, external (CCC) hacker network claims to have cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software and images taken at a news conference. Jan Krissler says he replicated the fingerprint of defence minister Ursula von der Leyen using pictures taken with a "standard photo camera". Mr Krissler had no physical print from Ms von der Leyen. Fingerprint biometrics are already considered insecure, experts say.

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