Fingerprint scanners, laser alarm systems, how to crack them.

by Frank | Oct 16, 2009 | How to Drive a Tank..., Journalism

Over the coming weeks I’ll be adding material to this site, and the web channel over at National Geographic, that’ll add a little bit of flavour to some of the chapters in the book. Here are three videos to begin with from the How to Beat Security Systems Chapter.

The first is to show you how easy some fingerprint scanners are to crack. As you’ll usually find it explained somewhere in the documentation on your home computer, they’re not security measures. First check out the guys at Mythbusters as they show you how easy it is to crack open a ‘secure’ locked doorway using nothing but a photocopier print out: (more…)

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