av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 25, 2016 | Notiser
Police seek to unlock murder victim’s phone using 3D replica of fingertips
Computer science professor Anil Jain spends most of his time researching and improving biometric systems, like fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software. Last month, however, law enforcement agents approached the Mochigan State University academic with an unusual request: to create a 3D-printed replica of a dead mans finger.
Police needed the prosthetic digit to try and unlock a murder victims smartphone, protected by a fingerprint scanner instead of a password.
The authorities think that unlocking the phone could give them the identity of the murderer, Jain said. We are doing our social duty to assist in a criminal investigation.
Källa: Police seek to unlock murder victim’s phone using 3D replica of fingertips | Technology | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 25, 2016 | Lästips
Police seek to unlock murder victim’s phone using 3D replica of fingertips
Computer science professor Anil Jain spends most of his time researching and improving biometric systems, like fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software. Last month, however, law enforcement agents approached the Mochigan State University academic with an unusual request: to create a 3D-printed replica of a dead mans finger.
Police needed the prosthetic digit to try and unlock a murder victims smartphone, protected by a fingerprint scanner instead of a password.
The authorities think that unlocking the phone could give them the identity of the murderer, Jain said. We are doing our social duty to assist in a criminal investigation.
Källa: Police seek to unlock murder victim’s phone using 3D replica of fingertips | Technology | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 25, 2016 | Notiser
Most Wanted: San Francisco flyers name and shame Airbnb hosts
San Franciscos gentrification wars have long fostered a certain element willing to make the debate over affordable housing extremely personal.
During the first dot-com boom, members of the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project posted flyers encouraging residents of the once working-class Latino neighborhood to vandalize yuppie cars. During the current tech boom, as evictions soared, activists began using stencils to paint the sidewalks in front of certain buildings with an image of a suitcase and a message: Tenants here forced out.
But throughout all the turmoil, San Franciscos Chinatown 24 crowded blocks that have endured as a point of entry for generations of low-income Chinese immigrants has remained largely insulated from the rancor.
Källa: Most Wanted: San Francisco flyers name and shame Airbnb hosts | US news | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 24, 2016 | Notiser
US man jailed over bitcoin fraud scheme
A Texan man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for running a fraudulent Ponzi-style scheme based around the Bitcoin virtual currency.The scheme – run by Trendon Shavers – promised high returns to those who backed bitcoin-related investments.Instead of investing cash, Shavers used it to pay early investors in the scheme and to amass bitcoins.Investors who backed the scheme lost about $1.23m (£940,000) in total, said Shavers’ lawyers.Shavers has been ordered by the court to repay the money whoch investors lost.Family moneyHe was arrested in 2014 for running the scheme whoch, at one point, controlled about 764,000 bitcoins. In 2011-12, when the scheme was operating, this was worth approximately $4.5m, comprising of 7% of all bitcoins in circulation.
Källa: US man jailed over bitcoin fraud scheme – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 24, 2016 | Notiser
New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes
Dropping your smartphone when taking a selfie could soon be less risky, says specialist glass maker Corning.It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass – the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices.Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 metres.Shattered or cracked screens are the number one cause of smartphone repairs and customer complaints globally.The new glass was tested on rough surfaces – a demo for journalists showed dummy phones being dropped from a height of 1.6 meters onto a sheet of sandpaper.Some of the phones tested survived over 20 hard drops in the lab. Typically, most phone drops are from between waist and shoulder height.
Källa: New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes – BBC News
