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Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security
From: "kitsune" <kitsune () sbcglobal net>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:04:10 -0700
They apply voiceovers for them in America, too? Do they include that annoying lisp of Adam's from his tongue stud in all versions? ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Grutzmacher To: funsec () linuxbox org Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [funsec] Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security 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 eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of C Q Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 10:25 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security 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. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Dragos Ruiu (Jul 09)
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- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security C Q (Jul 07)
- RE: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Larry Seltzer (Jul 07)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Kurt Grutzmacher (Jul 07)
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- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security C Q (Jul 07)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Dr. Neal Krawetz (Jul 07)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Andy Cunningham (Jul 07)
- R: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Cornali Remo (Jul 08)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security der Mouse (Jul 09)
- RE: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Larry Seltzer (Jul 07)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Gadi Evron (Jul 07)
- Re: Mythbusters beat biometric finger print security Gadi Evron (Jul 07)
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