Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security

["Kurt Grutzmacher" <grutz () jingojango net>]

They have a different voiceover for America, Canada and Europe.

Many of us are regular watchers of the show. How can you not love blowing
stuff up in the Hayward hills of California?

On 7/7/07, Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
>  I knew about the American MythBusters and was wondering about Gadi's
> reference. I assumed they did a second show for Europeans with different
> guys. They actually just voice over? Like Godzilla movies?
>
>  Larry Seltzer
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> *Subject:* Re: [funsec] Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security
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> Mythbusters are not a British show. It's actually an American show...
> Take a look at their bios... It's just for Europe the Discovery Channel
> modifies the shows and uses a British voice over guy, so the European
> folks feel more comfortable.
>
>
> On 7/7/07, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
> >
> > Mythbusters is a cool British show that tries to scientifically attack
> > myths. They even use guns. :P
> >
> > To be honest, the way they conduct experiments and reach conclusions is
> > somewhat flawed, to say the least, but they are cool, serious and
> > professional (aside for the occasional safety boo-boo). They invest time
> > and resources in building monstrosities to prove points. :)
> >
> > This time, it was about breaking biometric systems with Gummy bears!
> > (see bottom of post for references)
> >
> > I really like this video, which you can watch on YouTube:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyFmieZjiE
> >
> > I have seen this over at Xavier Ashe's The Lazy Genius
> > (http://blog.xavier.ashe.com/blog/_archives/2006/10/2/2381055.html) a
> > longg time ago, but just made a search to find it again and post it
> > here. In the past, I have studied biometrics extensively and how the
> > systems can be beat. But there is nothing like a short video to make
> > your point for you.
> >
> > Original link is from:
> > http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2006/09/20/457845.aspx
> >
> > The original public paper discussing this particular technique of $10
> > worth materials for breaking these systems using Gummy bears is from
> > Tsutomu Matsumoto, a Japanese cryptographer, from around 2002.
> > I don't think his paper was ever online, but his slides were. They seem
> > gone now at a casual search, but I found some other slides by him:
> > http://web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.pdf
> >
> >         Gadi.
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