Applied DeepFakes, AKA DeepMastersPrints

One of the most prolific types of security authentication in the market today is that of biometric security, specifically, fingerprint biometrics. This application of biometrically-enabled authentication can be found on nearly every smartphone on the planet. Only recently, that is, in the last 18 months, has the use of the human face become another avenue for biometric authentication. The widespread use and adoption of fingerprint biometrics can be seen as an almost unhackable means of verifying a user's identity, but that is not always the case.

Fake digital fingerprints can be created by AI engines that are capable of fooling fingerprint scanners on smartphones and other devices that use this form of authentication. Smartphones from Apple and Samsung use biometric fingerprint technology to allow users to easily unlock their devices instead of entering a passcode. In enterprise systems, there are instances of fingerprints...