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So much for biometrics and immigration security:

Submitted by dexterszyd on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:35
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Great Story

A South Korean woman managed to fool a million-dollar fingerprint reading machine in Japanese border controls using a simple piece of tape stuck to her fingers.

It happened at Tokyo airport. The woman has repeatedly entered Japan using the same trick without anybody noticing. Japanese officials say that they suspect many others have been doing the same things, demonstrating that the biometric systems they installed in 30 airports in 2007—to the tune of $45 million—are completely useless. The woman was deported in July 2007 for illegally staying in Japan as a bar hostess in Nagano, but she entered again with the system, using the tape and a fake passport allegedly provided by a South Korean broker.


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Link, Please

Submitted by E. Oregon 4 Ron on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:37.

I am documenting articles to fight the Real ID compliant Driver's licenses with forensic features.

You got it!

Submitted by dexterszyd on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:41.

http://waronyou.com/topics/tag/biometric-systems/

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