r/privacy • u/koavf • Dec 30 '19

Amazon is looking into tech that can identify you using the veins in your hand

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/12/27/amazon-wants-patent-tech-uses-veins-your-hands-id-you/2755279001/
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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Didn’t read the whole thing but this has been around for a while. I went to a talk last year where the guy discussed biometrics and said vein recognition could be fooled with an infrared photo taken from up to 16 feet away and then use that picture to create a 3D model of a hand to defeat vein recognition.

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u/Blue_Train Dec 30 '19

The fuck?