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Its all about the quality of reader. Not all are alike.

This spoof is likely against a silicon reader. Most silicon readers can be spoofed with molded fingerprints and gummy bears. Optical scanners can be spoofed with black and white printouts. Neither are very usable.

http://integratedbiometrics.com makes a fingerprint scanner that senses a live finger and is immune to this kind of attack.



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