Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, C Q wrote:

> Mythbusters are not a British show. It's actually an American show...
> Take a look at their bios... It's just for Europe the Discovery Channel
> modifies the shows and uses a British voice over guy, so the European
> folks feel more comfortable.

No, it's so that we don't need subtitles to understand those impenetrable 
accents that some of you have.

I watched the entire first half of "French Connection" without 
understanding a single word. Often when Susan watches a US show, she has 
the subtitles on. I would too, but I don't know how to work a TV, they 
have the most appalling user interface.
 
> On 7/7/07, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
> > Mythbusters is a cool British show that tries to scientifically attack
> > myths. They even use guns. :P
> >
> > To be honest, the way they conduct experiments and reach conclusions is
> > somewhat flawed, to say the least, but they are cool, serious and
> > professional (aside for the occasional safety boo-boo). They invest time
> > and resources in building monstrosities to prove points. :)
> >
> > This time, it was about breaking biometric systems with Gummy bears!
> > (see bottom of post for references)
> >
> > I really like this video, which you can watch on YouTube:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyFmieZjiE
> >
> > I have seen this over at Xavier Ashe's The Lazy Genius
> > (http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/2/2381055.html) a
> > longg time ago, but just made a search to find it again and post it
> > here. In the past, I have studied biometrics extensively and how the
> > systems can be beat. But there is nothing like a short video to make
> > your point for you.
> >
> > Original link is from:
> > http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2006/09/20/457845.aspx
> >
> > The original public paper discussing this particular technique of $10
> > worth materials for breaking these systems using Gummy bears is from
> > Tsutomu Matsumoto, a Japanese cryptographer, from around 2002.
> > I don't think his paper was ever online, but his slides were. They seem
> > gone now at a casual search, but I found some other slides by him:
> > http://web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.pdf
> >
> >         Gadi.
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