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10 cent of tape defeats millions

Started by Pat K, January 04, 2009, 07:15 PM NHFT

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January 04, 2009, 07:15 PM NHFT

      Biometrics
      Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape
      By Jesus Diaz, 1:00 PM on Fri Jan 2 2009, 40,695 views

      So much for biometrics and immigration security: 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. [Sidney Morning Herald via Fashion Funky]
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