Will the cloned fingerprints also be used to place evidence of crimes that a person did not commit? The FBI will love that capability.
Samsung Galaxy S5 flaw allows hackers to clone fingerprints
Biometric information has long been touted as the solution to the ever-fallible password, but new research has shown that it may not be as safe as generally assumed. Hackers may be able to clone fingerprints and gain access to phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S5’s software, according to cyber-security company FireEye. It is possible to steal biometric date, essentially the fingerprint, before it reaches a segmented and encrypted “safe zone” and create copies of people’s fingerprints for further attacks on their phone, Tao Wei and Yulong Zhang claims.
And then there is this:
Windows 10 could kill off the password
The upcoming Windows 10 operating system could do away with passwords, replacing them with biometric authentication like fingerprints. The new Microsoft operating system will support the Fast Identification Online (Fido) system, which allows computers to be accessed using physical and behavioural characteristics, rather than typed-out passwords. Technology companies have long been trying to move beyond the password because they are inefficient for the user, since they require remembering and typing in a long code, and insecure because once found other people can use them to login
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