Fingerprint Authentication is Bypassable!

Eighty percent of fingerprint authentication systems were capable of being bypassed. With numerous companies marketing an alternative to password access they have jumped on biometric fingerprint athentication as the best alternative.

However, enterprising criminals with just a few bucks can collect your fingerprint from you or a surface you have touched and then use a 3D printer create a mold of the fingerprint.  Researchers from Cisco tested these types of manipulated fingerprints on various biometric sensors including ultrasonic, capacitive and optical sensors.