A group of hacker has catch the fingerprints of the German Interior Minister as a protest against plans to use biometric data in e - passports . The latest edition of their powder store , Die Datenschleuder , contains a moldable hydrofoil that reproduces the curlicue and convolution of Wolfgang Schauble ’s finger’s breadth , meaning there are 4,000 written matter of the politician ’s print just waiting to be attach to someone ’s finger . More below .
The CCC got its hands on Schauble ’s prints thanks to a sympathizer , who scarpered with a glass used by the parson during a panel discussion and reach it over to the hackers . Dirk Engling , a spokesman for CCC , defend the group ’s military action , claiming it was a monition shot , and that fingerprints “ sure [ did ] not [ belong to ] in the eastward - Pass . ”
Along with Minister Schauble ’s fingerprint , the group also published a wish - list of other politico whose biometric data they ’d wish to get their mitts on — including German Chancellor Angela Merkel , and the Prime Minister of Bavaria , Guenther Beckstein — as well as a pathfinder on how to capture someone ’s fingermark from a glass successfully .
The lawyer hired by the CCC pick up it like this : “ If journalist and citizens were to do what the politics is doing — that is , the aggregation and use of biometric datum — then the prosecutor would be rap at their doorway . ” Meanwhile , a po - face spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry , refused to rule out effectual action mechanism against the fingermark - steal hackers . [ Heise onlineviaSlashdot ]
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