Gummy Bears Defeat Fingerprint Sensors


	Gummy Bears Defeat Fingerprint Sensors

thisnamecantbetaken

1-31-2008 4:40 AM

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giving, big, brother, a, helping, hand?

thisnamecantbetaken says:

This fooled fingerprint detectors about 80 per cent of the time.

I wonder if this gummy bear issue has been solved? If so, how? Who would have thought that gummy bears could be a threat to national security, huh?

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1-31-2008 6:19 PM

carrerinyes

Memo From The Department Of Homeland Security - Gummy Bears are to be declared a controlled substance. If that doesn't work try "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

2-1-2008 8:01 PM

cabanaben

Are Swedish fish safe?

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