Woman tapes fingers to fool immigration
p2pnet news view | Cool:- A South Korean woman gave the finger — well, fingers, to be accurate — to immigration authorities in Japan and got away with it.
She managed to get through their screening system by taping the tips of her fingers to fool a fingerprint reading machine, says Agence France-Presse.
“The biometric system was installed in 30 airports in 2007 to improve security and prevent terrorists from entering into Japan,”" says the story, adding:
“”A South Korean broker is believed to have supplied her with the tapes and a fake passport and, “officials believe many more foreigners might have entered Japan using the same technique”.
(Thanks, Comeoncomcast)
Agence France-Presse – Korean fools finger printing system at Japanese airport, January 1, 2009
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January 2nd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Ouch.
$64 Million(AU) / $45 Million(US) / $54 Million(CAD Canadian Dollars)(all according to XE.com) Tax-Payer funded(probably) Biometric System
pwned by 70c Scotch Tape
XD. I love it
In 2009 – Airports testing fingerprint machines to test for Tape
Hey Jon,
on p2pnets twitter is that you lol
you look like an old(Miserable) tart haha
Just joking =P
January 3rd, 2009 at 6:18 am
The preffered method of beating such a system is to use a thin clear latex coating rolled over the finger tip in a similar manner, cellotape is not the preffered method when attempting to evade the authorities although its very useful for shifting fingerprints to another location.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
“pwned by 70c Scotch Tape”
LMAO