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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2013, 03:12 AM Apr 2013

Carnegie Mellon University students, fingers are the future of buying

A Carnegie Mellon University student signs up for PayTango, a service that lets students pair their fingerprints with their meal plans, at Skibo Cafe on campus.

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Carnegie Mellon University students, fingers are the future of buying (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2013 OP

So what if someone hacks into the system and steals your fingerprint template? antigop Apr 2013 #1

antigop

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1. So what if someone hacks into the system and steals your fingerprint template?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 01:41 PM

Apr 2013

"Instead of storing your actual fingerprint, we're using fingerprint templates. The system stores only the major points of your fingerprint and recognizes it the next time, without storing your actual fingerprint image. You can't reverse engineer those types of points to recreate a full-fledged fingerprint."

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