Science!

Researchers have figured out how to recreate a person’s fingerprints from just the sound they make while swiping a touchscreen.

The discovery, made by a team from the US and China, could have profound implications for biometric security systems that are used in everything from smartphones to door access locks.

The technique, called PrintListener, reconstructs the pattern of a finger’s papillary lines through the acoustic signals it generates as it slides across a screen.

Hackers could use the microphone found within the smartphone to record the sound and steal a victim’s fingerprint, according to the researchers.…..

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/fingerprint-clone-hack-security-printlistener-b2499111.html