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Flashing a peace sign in a photo could lead to identity theft
www.DPReview.com ^ | Jan 17, 2017 | Lars Rehm

Posted on 01/22/2017 3:35:16 AM PST by fso301

The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan claims that taking and publishing photos of subjects who are flashing the popular two-fingered 'V' or peace sign could lead to identify theft. It warns that fingerprint recognition technology is now so advanced that even casual snapshots can be used to retrieve fingerprint information. The report also says the technology is widely available and easy to use.

(Excerpt) Read more at dpreview.com ...


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Something to be aware of.
1 posted on 01/22/2017 3:35:16 AM PST by fso301
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2 posted on 01/22/2017 3:42:34 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: fso301
Probably not.

Unless the camera is inches away and has time to focus. Then those ridges and whorls and loops could find their way into a database ...

3 posted on 01/22/2017 3:42:54 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: fso301

The answer is simple: just turn your hand so that the back is toward the viewer when flashing the peace sign.


4 posted on 01/22/2017 3:46:49 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: fso301

Well, I would imagine
‘Flipping one the Bird’
and the bonus
‘And this one is for your horse’

would fall under the same category.


5 posted on 01/22/2017 3:48:26 AM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)" "If you see a civilian in cammies -- bump into him")
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To: cynwoody
Probably not.

I agree that it is probably not a big concern today but given how fast imaging technology is improving, fingerprints and retinas can probably be accurately imaged from meters in the not too distant future.

Unless the camera is inches away and has time to focus. Then those ridges and whorls and loops could find their way into a database ...

Without going into details, the article said the researchers were able to image usable fingerprints from several meters.

6 posted on 01/22/2017 3:52:01 AM PST by fso301
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Then you're flashing "deuces"...


7 posted on 01/22/2017 3:52:41 AM PST by EEGator
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To: xrmusn
‘Flipping one the Bird’

Then the camera would get the fingernail.

8 posted on 01/22/2017 3:54:42 AM PST by fso301
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To: EEGator

Never heard of that. I was thinking of the centuries-old British gesture of insult. Oh well, deuces is fine too, as long as it will cause trouble.


9 posted on 01/22/2017 3:57:11 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Never heard of that.”

I’ll assume you don’t hang out with inner city Blacks and follow the hip-hop “culture”?

:)


10 posted on 01/22/2017 3:58:34 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I say, Holmes, this is simply astounding! How on earth could you know that?


11 posted on 01/22/2017 4:02:39 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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I’m actually reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes currently! (Moriarity is dead...)


12 posted on 01/22/2017 4:09:34 AM PST by EEGator
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To: fso301

Yet another reason to buy duct tape.


13 posted on 01/22/2017 4:17:23 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: fso301; cynwoody
Most of the newest smartphone cameras have this kind of feature, which could conceivably be used to focus on fingerprints:

One feature that impressed us the most was how fast the Galaxy S7's camera can focus compared to the iPhone 6s Plus. It's incredibly fast and it means you can take sharp, focused pictures more quickly with less risk of missing the moment you want to capture.

14 posted on 01/22/2017 4:25:08 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Vendome

Agree resolution will make it unlikely to be effective except close up.

A higher risk issue is the meta data in cell phone photos revealing where you live by GPS. There are things you can do to prevent that. I don’t share cell phone data with a number of apps in my phone. If you are not sure about it, you can look at the EXIF data from one of the photos. For most purposes you can see it using tools within GIMP, but there are better more positive was to check if that data is embedded. In linux there is a well know command line app that will view it and if you want to batch process the removal from photo’s you’ve alread made, you can do that. I suspect there is a Windows equivalent, but don’t remember using one.


15 posted on 01/22/2017 4:36:22 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

... Which is the British equivalent of “the finger”.


16 posted on 01/22/2017 4:37:25 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: EEGator

Moriarty might be dead, but Col. Moran is out to get Holmes, at least at the beginning of the book, as I recall.

I read all of the Sherlock Holmes tales, many years ago. Might be time to reread them.


17 posted on 01/22/2017 4:40:58 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Texas Fossil

Just open the pic and look at properties.

You can view the EXIF there .


18 posted on 01/22/2017 4:41:18 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ctdonath2

Yep. The origin of the gesture is interesting.


19 posted on 01/22/2017 4:41:57 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I’ve enjoyed them immensely so far.

Col. Moran has already been foiled by Holmes. (First story of the book)


20 posted on 01/22/2017 4:42:25 AM PST by EEGator
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