(Photo/reproduced from Taiwan Fact-Checking Center)
Recently, a rumor appeared on social media, calling on people to “don’t be YA” when taking photos, which may allow interested parties to copy fingerprints through photos and log into bank accounts on mobile phones to steal money. However, experts bluntly said that this rumor is too exaggerated. Given the current technology and environment, the public does not need to worry too much.
according toTaiwan Fact Checking CenterAccording to the latest verification, Xu Zhizhong, associate professor of the Department of Statistics at National Cheng Kung University and an expert in deep learning, explained that with the improvement of camera resolution, it is indeed possible to capture complete fingerprints at a relatively close distance. The premise is that the image must be clear enough and from a long distance. The angle of taking pictures is easily distorted and difficult to correct, and may not meet the needs of a fingerprint recognition system. In addition, the light source must be sufficient. From a technical point of view, although it is not impossible, it is just a high threshold. He said frankly that “worrying too much affects daily life.” In fact, it’s too much.”
Zhou Zhaolong, associate professor of the Department of Information Engineering at Fengjia, pointed out that if the fingerprint image obtained solely from the camera is just printed, general optical and capacitive fingerprint modules cannot effectively identify it, and must be converted through 3D processing and personal contact. It is not easy to obtain a fingerprint recognition module to perform a counterfeit attack.
Even if a clear fingerprint is obtained, it does not mean that the bank account will be stolen. For example, data scientist Yin Xiangzhi said that although people may use online banking and fingerprint authentication on their mobile phones, these are limited to use on that mobile phone. So just stealing fingerprints won’t do anything. Lee Shu-jin, section chief of the Criminal Identification Center of the Taipei City Police Department, also emphasized that there have been no criminal cases in the country where fingerprints were stolen and passed through the fingerprint identification mechanism.
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