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Nexxxehtoday at 12:19 AM1 replyview on HN

There's also the issue that the device is covered in fingerprints, and if you can build a clean image of the print, you can likely manufacture a gelatin copy of that fingerprint that will work on most fingerprint scanners.

I can't speak to the current generation of Apple fingerprint scanners, but historically iirc you can grab a print, clean it up in Photoshop, print it on OHP transparency using a laser printer and use it like a mould to copy a fingerprint.


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disillusionedtoday at 7:08 AM

Aren't the current fingerprint scanners ultrasonic rather than optical? I think they rely on the actual physical ridges