Hacking Mobile Phones Using 2 D Printed Fingerprints

Fingerprint is the most popular biometric trait due to the perceived uniqueness and persistence of friction ridge pattern on human fingers [1]. Following the introduction of iPhone 5S with Touch ID fingerprint sensor in September 2013, most of the mobile phones, such as iPhone 5s/6/6+, Samsung Galaxy S5/S6, HTC One Max, Huawei Honor 7, Meizu MX4 Pro and others, now come with embedded fingerprint sensors for phone unlock. It has been forecasted that 50% of smartphones sold by 2019 will have an embedded fingerprint sensor [2]. With the introduction of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, fingerprint recognition on mobile devices is leveraged for more than just for device unlock; it can also be used for secure mobile payment and other transactions.

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[2]  Anil K. Jain,et al.  Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition , 2005, Springer Professional Computing.

[3]  Qijun Zhao,et al.  Fingerprint image synthesis based on statistical feature models , 2012, 2012 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS).

[4]  RossArun,et al.  A Survey on Antispoofing Schemes for Fingerprint Recognition Systems , 2014 .