It's not easy, but it can be done. At Barcelona's Mobile World Congress, WSJ's Archibald Preuschat shows the security pitfalls of fingerprint security, and what companies are doing about it.

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Using dynamic pattern, liveness feature and unnatural feature analysis, the engine blocks fake fingerprints made from various materials including clay, rubber, glue, paper, film and others Equipped ...

For both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 6, Rogers hacked Touch ID by creating fake fingerprints. He lifted a fingerprint from a shiny surface. He printed a high-resolution copy of the fingerprint ...

a fingerprint algorithm solution for identity authentication in smartphones and tablets; and Precise BioLive, an anti-spoof and liveness detection software that identifies a fake fingerprint.

such as the ridges and valleys in a fingerprint, the scanners offer good protection against spoofing, where a fake fingerprint is used instead of an actual one, thus the increasing technological ...