• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 hours ago

    Your fingerprint is your fingerprint. If its possible to extract the raw data, then that can be reconstructed into your fingerprint…

    • kn33@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      That’s the thing - it’s not possible. The fingerprint is only ever stored within the fingerprint module, with no method for retrieval. The only thing the phone sees is “did this person scan a matching fingerprint or not?”

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      6 hours ago

      in the early 2000s when fingerprint readers started getting popular, my coworker and I decided to test them…

      super glue fumes, printer toner and scotch tape. that’s all that was ever needed to bypass the reader once you could isolate a good spot where someones finger left a good mark. like from drinking glass or a door knob

      I’m not sure if I’d ever trust a fingerprint to fully be a secure passkey