Your selfies might be leaving you vulnerable to ******s
If flashing a peace sign is Your go-to selfie move, you might want to think about coming up with a new signature look. Turns out, Your light-hearted display of goodwill to the world could be putting Your personal data at risk — if you come across a truly determined ******, anyway.
According to research from a team at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII), cyber thieves can lift Your fingerprints from a photo in order to access Your biometrically protected data (like the info secured on Your iPhone by the Touch ID system). But while it's technically possible, biometrics experts say there's ** need to panic. Read more...