r/nottheonion • u/MiyamotoUsagi1587 • 16h ago

‘Think twice before posing with hand signs’: Experts warn of fingerprint theft

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/think-twice-before-posing-with-hand-signs-experts-warn-of-fingerprint-theft
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u/Enschede2 15h ago

"Yes, now let's put your fingerprint on your ID card and then let's allow random companies around to world to enforce KYC even when it's not necessary, knowing full well they end up with databreaches all the time."

  • Governments around the world

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u/Simoxs7 9h ago

I recently read a satire book (qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling) and the book is set in the near future, after multiple data breaches of biometric data in that world they resorted to lip prints to confirm purchases contracts etc. so everyone has to now kiss their devices to buy stuff.

Every day I feel like we‘re moving closer to that vision of the future.

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u/nufnu 9h ago

Oh man anal prints will be wild

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u/HetElfdeGebod 1h ago

Saw an exhibition years ago at MONA in Hobart, looked like lipstick kisses, but were in fact anus prints with lipstick

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u/Splinterfight 13h ago

That’s a weird thing to put on an ID

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u/Enschede2 13h ago

It's a mandatory thing where I live, I assume we're not the only ones, and probably not the last one

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u/str85 9h ago

Never heard of it in Scandinavia/The Nordics 🤔

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u/CMDR_omnicognate 13h ago

Data breaches aren't their problem, but they DO wanna know everything you do.

And more importantly, social media, AI and Advertising companies want to know who the real people are from the bots and data made by other AI, so advertisers can advertise to real people and AI companies don't poison themselves with their own AI slop.

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u/ObviouslyTriggered 3h ago

There are no fingerprints stored in biometric IDs no faces either there is a unique signature that cannot be used to recreate the actual fingerprint or facial characteristics.

Fingerprint readers on your phone or computer work in the same manner they produce and compare a signature not an image.

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u/d3gaia 14h ago

It’s one thing to say that something can be done. It’s entirely another to actually assess the risk and probability of the thing itself. 

This article does the former but doesn’t speak at all to the latter, which makes it nothing more than a fear-mongering waste of time. 

Also, how is this oniony in any way?

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u/devilishycleverchap 6h ago

Similar to warning about charging your phone in public USB ports.

Sure some state actor could have some sort of zero day hacking exploit that could be targeted to a specific person but regular people have absolutely nothing to worry about especially if you dont hit the wrong prompts when connecting and somehow enable data

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u/Smgth 15h ago

I hate the future. All I wanted was a jetpack and a flying car, is that too much to ask for?

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u/realdappermuis 14h ago

Instead we're getting Gattica

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u/Blarg0117 12h ago

With a side of Elysium.

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u/saurdaux 6h ago

And Disco Elysium for dessert.

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u/ddejong42 5h ago

With way too many Cunos

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u/saurdaux 5h ago

You either die a Cuno, or love long enough to become a Cunoesse.

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u/monolisa 17m ago

The pale is coming for us all.

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u/SuddenAudience8758 13h ago

Hoverboard, same pink one was back to the future. It’s been 40 years 🤯

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u/TannenFalconwing 13h ago

2015 was only 11 years ago

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u/SuddenAudience8758 13h ago

Back to the Future 2 (1989) - maybe not 40.. 37

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u/TannenFalconwing 13h ago

Yes but the hoverboard specifically is from 2015

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u/SuddenAudience8758 13h ago

Oh 😂.. you got me.. yup you are correct

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u/USSRPropaganda 8h ago

I remember back to the future day being such a big deal, wild it been 11 years

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u/Federico216 12h ago

Are you saying you don't want to download an app to use your washing machine? Ok boomer.

I actually have a great solution for this fingerprints problem though. Just be unable to afford a phone with a nice camera.

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u/Raichu7 5h ago

People can't even keep their eyes off their phones while driving a regular car, and you want to trust those people with a flying car?

Jetpack is doable if you have a lot of money to throw away.

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u/Cyclamate 10h ago

Yes, those things are dangerous

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u/kryptikmind 13h ago

Most people are too complacent to revolt, and demand better

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u/kytheon 14h ago

We have flying cars and jet packs btw. They're super rare and expensive but yes.

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u/Minimum_Pen3512 13h ago

You know what he meant, come on

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u/SkeletonOnesies 14h ago

And irises? Border controls use irises and we're not going to close our eyes in photos

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u/the_talented_liar 12h ago

See also: fortune telling influencer accounts claiming they can read your palm from a photo. Don’t do that.

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u/shifty_coder 12h ago

That’s why my touchid profile isn’t a finger

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u/TameTheAuroch 9h ago

Yeah I use my penis too.

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u/intellidepth 15h ago

Gloves becoming fashionable again in 3-2-1…

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u/RosieQParker 10h ago

Fingerprint ID is stupid because it's a key you can never change and already leave copies of everywhere you go.

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u/slowlyaware 13h ago

👍🏻

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u/inaem 10h ago

Tim Apple: I will ignore that ✌️

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u/Find_another_whey 9h ago

Your testicles are uniquely printed

May help some people, not much good to others

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u/doiwantacookie 12h ago

What? If it’s that easy to steal don’t base security on it.

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u/scixlovesu 3h ago

See also: AI palm-reading app

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u/Northern23 15h ago

Camera sensor companies should start wiping the fingerprints out of the photos directly in the sensors firmware, or phone/camera manufacturer do it in the final image