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It doesn't matter since your fingerprint isn't secret. It's not enough to have a picture of my fingerprint, you have to produce a convincing enough fake of a real human with the right fingerprint.

Take this to meatspace for a second. If you had a security guard sitting at a desk inspecting your hands and taking fingerprints you couldn't trick them with pictures. You can't hold up a picture of my face to a guard and expect that they'll suddenly think you're me. Biometric auth systems are trying to the same thing but without the human.

> They are famously defeatable.

And most locks in wide-use today are also defeatable by amateur locksmiths, that's not really the point. There are sophisticated biometric auth systems that aren't fooled by pictures. FaceID is one example.



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Let's suppose someone goes to all the effort to duplicate your biometrics in a real world scenario (e.g., going to the DMV). They put on their mask and their fake fingerprint and get a new driver license with your name and picture. Then they open bank accounts with it, get loans, and buy cars. What then? Suicide I guess.




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