{"id":1792,"date":"2007-11-20T00:51:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T00:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/surveillance-big-brother\/reconstructing-fingerprint-images-from-templates\/1792\/"},"modified":"2007-11-20T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T00:51:24","slug":"reconstructing-fingerprint-images-from-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/surveillance-big-brother\/reconstructing-fingerprint-images-from-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstructing fingerprint images from templates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-body entry-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pippaking.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/reconstructing-fingerprint-images-from.html\">Reconstructing fingerprint images from templates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is for everyone who thinks fingerprints cannot be reverse engineered from biometric systems, and especially for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/jim_knight\/south_dorset\"><font color=\"#445566\">Jim Knight MP<\/font><\/a>, the Labour Minister for Schools and Learners, who offered up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm200607\/cmhansrd\/cm070723\/debtext\/70723-0019.htm\"><font color=\"#445566\">below incorrect information<\/font><\/a> in a parliamentary debate in July this year with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/greg_mulholland\/leeds_north_west\"><font color=\"#445566\">Greg Mulholland MP<\/font><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006600\"><em>&#8220;Secondly, as I stated earlier, <strong>it is not possible to recreate a fingerprint<\/strong> using the numbers that are stored. The algorithm generates a unique number, producing no information of any use to identity thieves. I shall quote from a statement from the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office\u2013a thoroughly independent source\u2013that says in the third paragraph:<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><a name=\"70723-0019.htm_brev4\"><\/a><a name=\"07072331000146\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #006600\"><em>\u201cFull fingerprint images are not stored and cannot be generated (\u2018reverse engineered\u2019) from the template.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><a name=\"stpa_o390\"><\/a><a name=\"70723-0019.htm_para29\"><\/a><a name=\"07072331000112\"><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #006600\">I hope that that is clear to all those listening, because it is an important reassurance on the points that the hon. Gentleman has made.&#8221;<\/span><\/em> &#8230;absolutely crystal Jim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GOIHrLu6I\/AAAAAAAAADI\/vsWkRJdSkUA\/s1600-h\/print_scan1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GOIHrLu6I\/AAAAAAAAADI\/vsWkRJdSkUA\/s200\/print_scan1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134541320329345954\" \/><\/a> 1. Original fingerprint scan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GOCnrLu5I\/AAAAAAAAADA\/ChUBW9gZKxc\/s1600-h\/print_template1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GOCnrLu5I\/AAAAAAAAADA\/ChUBW9gZKxc\/s200\/print_template1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134541225840065426\" \/><\/a> 2. Stored fingerprint template<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GN9XrLu4I\/AAAAAAAAAC4\/5jZn7Unmgeo\/s1600-h\/print_reconstruction1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_-gZIdU9ykIw\/R0GN9XrLu4I\/AAAAAAAAAC4\/5jZn7Unmgeo\/s200\/print_reconstruction1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134541135645752194\" \/><\/a> 3. Print reconstructed from template<\/p>\n<p>From:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/biometrics.cse.msu.edu\/Publications\/SecureBiometrics\/RossShahJain_FpImageFromMinutiae_PAMI07.pdf\"><font color=\"#445566\">From Template to Image: Reconstructing<br \/>\nFingerprints from Minutiae Points<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Arun Ross, Member, IEEE, Jidnya Shah, and Anil K. Jain, Fellow, IEEE<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">April 2007<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">(as shown on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leavethemkidsalone.com\/\"><font color=\"#445566\">Leave Them Kids Alone<\/font><\/a> site)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reconstructing fingerprint images from templates This is for everyone who thinks fingerprints cannot be reverse engineered from biometric systems, and especially for Jim Knight MP, the Labour Minister for Schools and Learners, who offered up the below incorrect information in a parliamentary debate in July this year with Greg Mulholland MP: &#8220;Secondly, as I stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1614],"tags":[30],"class_list":{"0":"post-1792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-surveillance-big-brother","7":"tag-big-brother"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}