Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Hacking biometric security

Here's a sad story of the unintended consequences of a biometric security system. A Malaysian businessman lost a finger to car thieves impatient to get around his Mercedes' fingerprint security system. When the carjackers wanted to start his car again without having him along, they chopped off the end of his index finger with a machete. I can't help but remember a scene from Minority Report when I think about what might happen if they put retinal scan security systems in cars. Yikes.
posted by Bob at 4/19/2005 08:15:00 PM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit