3D-printed fingerprints could unlock dead man’s phone – Chicago Tribune Blue Sky

Users can use their fingerprint to unlock an iPhone. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Is it possible to unlock a smartphone with a 3D-printed fingerprint? Michigan police hoping to get into a murder victim’s phone have enlisted Michigan State University computer science and engineering professor Anil Jain’s help. He’s working on replicating the victim’s fingerprints using scans the police had on file from a prior arrest. “We are still working […]