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Fingerprints Can Be Obtained From A High Resolution Photo of Your Finger

Biometrics researcher Jan Krisller has claimed that he isolated German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen’s fingerprint from high resolution photos taken during a public appearance. He demonstrated using a photo of himself with palms facing the camera, extracted the fingerprints and verified that he could use them to log onto his computer using TouchID.

In the video below [in german], the part about using fingerprints extracted from a photo starts at the 24:48 mark.

The above video also shows another technique used by the Chaos Computer Club to create a fake latex finger from a fingerprint left on glass or a smartphone screen. The part talking about the process they used starts at the 32:00 mark.

via gigaom