The Chaos Computer Club’s Big ID
GERMAN hacker group, Chaos Computer Club, has been publishing the fingerprints of German Secretary of the Interior as part of their protest against state use of biometric ID.
On Samizdata:
The club published 4,000 copies of their magazine Die Datenschleuder including a plastic foil reproducing the minister’s fingerprint – ready to glue to someone else’s finger to provide a false biometric reading. The CCC has a page on their site detailing how to make such a fake fingerprint..
On Slashdot:
The club published 4,000 copies of their magazine Die Datenschleuder including a plastic foil reproducing the minister’s fingerprint — ready to glue to someone else’s finger to provide a false biometric reading…
Gordon Brown fingers in the post…
Posted: 31st, March 2008 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
