A ring concept to protect your fingerprint
Potential safeguard: A ring that generates a synthetic fingerprint to unlock devices
It serves as an extension of your digital identity and keeps biometric data private
Consumers increasingly rely on fingerprint and facial
scans to unlock their electronic devices. But what happens if their biometric
data ends up in the wrong hands?
Antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab has
come up with a potential safeguard: A ring that generates a synthetic
fingerprint to unlock devices.
The ring is designed to address a key vulnerability with biometric
authentication — your face and fingerprints can’t be reset like a password if
copies of them are stolen. That might sound farfetched, but earlier this year,
a South Korean company was found to be hosting customers’ fingerprint and
facial-recognition data in an open online database.
What if
The good news is that electronic devices such as
smartphones generally store fingerprint or facial data on the hardware itself,
not in an online server. But what happens if malware ends up on the electronic
device itself? According to Kaspersky, the company has detected spyware capable
of stealing biometric data from computers, although the threat is relatively
rare.
Try dummy
To address the potential risk, Kaspersky Lab wondered if
it was possible to create a dummy fingerprint to supplant real ones. The
company teamed up with Swedish designer Benjamin Waye to create a ring that
houses a 3D-printed rubber stone made from ‘thousands of conductive fibres’
that contain a synthetic fingerprint.
It’s a concept
“The ring can be used to authenticate the user with
biometric systems, such as a phone or a smart home door lock,” Kaspersky said.
Each ring also comes with a unique fingerprint sourced to a software tool.
However, the artificial fingerprints are never stored to prevent leaks. For
now, the ring is only a concept device meant to bring awareness about the
security risks of using biometric authentication.
Source |
Economic Times | 9th December 2019
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