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Volume 17
October 2017 Edition
Fingerprint Anti-Spoofing
& Liveness Detection:
How Does it Work?
Fingerprint recognition is increasingly being used in mobile &
desktop solutions to provide secure ID authentication. How-
ever, today’s fingerprint sensors are vulnerable to spoofing
via fake fingers, posing a serious risk for fraud with sensitive
applications like mobile payments. (Courtesy of Precise Bio-
metrics)
By 2020 almost six out of ten financial trans-
actions are expected to be performed via
biometric authentication, primarily via finger-
print sensors in mobile devices.
Courtesy of Precise Bio-
metrics
But
identity
theft and fraud
is
rampant
and without
any sufficient
anti-spoof
protection for
fingerprint sen-
sors, mobile com-
merce will be at risk.
Fingerprints
are left on numerous surfaces
and it is possible to readily acquire a latent fin-
gerprint in under 60 seconds using a variety of
known methods.
What is anti-spoofing and how does it
operate with fingerprint technology?
Fingerprint Spoofing – a Known & Achievable
Process
Fingerprint recognition is more often being used
in mobile and desktop solutions to provide con-
venient and secure identity authentication.
But, today’s fingerprint sensors are vulnerable to
spoofing via fake fingers.
The risk for fraud and spoofing via fake finger-
prints poses a threat to sensitive applications
like mobile payments.
Courtesy of Precise Bio-
metrics
A determined
and thought-
ful person can
effectively
steal another
individual’s
fingerprint
identity via so
called uncoopera-
tive spoofing.
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