Fingerprints of a person can be "removed" from a digital photo.

True, this is only possible if the photo shows the fingers of the person whose prints are planned to receive. The optimal condition for performing the task of obtaining fingerprints from a photo is the presence of a couple of photos, where the fingers of a person are visible from different angles.

Representatives of the Chaos Computer Club , one of the largest associations of information security security hackers , announced such an opportunity at the 31st annual meeting of members of their organization. The meeting was held in Hamburg, Germany. The speaker, who presented the technology for obtaining fingerprints, said, in particular, that he was able to obtain fingerprints of the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
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Images from which you can "remove" fingerprints may not be of very high quality. To use the new technology is enough photos obtained with the help of a conventional digital camera.

One of the tools used by the speakers is the VeriFinger application. And the source, the images from which the prints were taken, were photos from the October conference, at which the German Minister of Defense spoke.

According to the creators of technology, the method that allows you to get fingerprints from images is very simple. As mentioned above, the condition for the task is the presence of photographs, where there are fingers of a person taken from different angles.

So far, technology has little application in reality, especially in relation to ordinary people, not politicians. The latter, perhaps, will have to act in gloves if they do not want their fingerprints to be in open access.