Beware of selfies - crooks can steal your identity through your selfies

Selfies have, today, become a fashion statement and, selfie-takers have been warned that thieves could steal your identity and hack into their lives by using HD lenses to zoom in on your fingerprints. This is what a professor at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics has revealed.
He has cautioned those who upload their selfies to social media should not pose pulling the peace sign because crooks can use it to carry out steal your identity. His advice is people should try not to put their hands anywhere near the frame.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 10 January 2017.

High risk people are the celebrities but, in view of the advancement of fingerprint technology, the smartphones are seen as vulnerable with fears that fraudsters could even break into workplaces. As the professor has added - the quality of cameras in smartphones and tablets have reached a level where fingerprint data can be obtained from a selfie. He has said that data could be scanned from three metres away if the fingertips were exposed.
In his words, if someone hacks your password, you can change it, but not so with your fingerprints because you are stuck with the fingerprints you were born with.


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