[Year 12 IT Apps] Biometric Security - Iris scanners fooled

[Mark KELLY]

Contact lenses have been made that can fool iris scanners.

Maybe biometrics are not the silver bullet after all...

http://www.kurzweilai.net/reverse-engineered-irises-look-so-real-they-fool-eye-scanners


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Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
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