Original title: pay more attention to taking photos than 'scissors hands'! Network security experts say fingerprint information will be leaked
On the morning of September 15, as an important part of the 2019 national network security publicity week in Shanghai, the main venue activity of "national experience day" was launched in the sunken plaza of Chuangzhi world, Yangpu District. Surging journalists learned from the event venue that if the lens is close enough when taking photos, the 'scissor hand' photos can restore the fingerprint information of the characters in the photos through photo amplification technology and artificial intelligence enhancement technology.
Zhang Wei, deputy director of Shanghai Information Security Industry Association, said that when taking photos, people generally don't notice that their 'Scissorhands' are easy to disclose identity information. " Basically, the scissor hand photos taken within 1.5m can restore 100% of the subject's fingerprints, and the photos taken within 1.5m-3m can restore 50% of the fingerprints. Only the photos taken more than 3m are difficult to extract the fingerprints. "
A tool for making fingerprint film.
Fingerprint information is extracted from photos and made into fingerprint film through professional materials, which can be used by criminals to identify identity through fingerprint technology, such as fingerprint door lock, fingerprint payment, etc.
How to protect your fingerprint information? In addition to not providing their own fingerprints to strangers and not entering their fingerprints on untrusted devices, Zhang Wei reminded not to take 'Scissor hands' photos within 3 meters, and do not send photos with their own fingerprint information on the Internet. In addition, if there is a fingerprint door lock at home, try to set the double factor mode of fingerprint + password to ensure safety.
In addition to how to protect fingerprints, the reporter saw that the organizers were also on-site teaching citizens how to avoid setting weak passwords and other skills. It is understood that the day's "national experience day" activity is divided into six sections, namely the launching ceremony, on-site interactive games, network security experts' free clinic ', network security knowledge exhibition, network security threat experience exhibition and network security obligation publicity activities.
'national experience day' activity site.
At the launching ceremony, Wang Jing, deputy director of the Security Department of the online information office of the municipal Party committee, and Li Rong, deputy director of the Publicity Department of Yangpu District Party committee and director of the online information office, delivered speeches respectively; Wang Qiang, Secretary General of Shanghai Information Security Industry Association, introduced the activity arrangement Zhang Yu, the representative of "good Internet users in Yangpu", the chief lawyer of Shanghai lizhang law firm and the outstanding lawyer in Yangpu District, released the initiative of "civilized use of the Internet and network security start from me"; During the national network security publicity week, the first batch of 10 network security expert volunteers in Shanghai were awarded letters of appointment, which will guard cyberspace, transfer network positive energy and shoulder more social responsibilities.
The activity of "national experience day" is an innovative move of Yangpu District in Shanghai during the national network security publicity week. During the publicity week last year, Yangpu innovated to set up a national experience day. This year, the network information office of the municipal Party Committee continues to take the national experience day in Yangpu District as one of the main venues of this year's publicity week. The purpose is to let citizens and friends feel and popularize more common network security knowledge in their daily study, life and work through interaction and personal experience, Enhance everyone's awareness of network security and improve their ability to identify and prevent network security threats.