Computer security expert says that people should be wary of flashing peace signs in selfies – as hackers could steal your fingerprints. <br /> <br />Previously, hackers have shown off how ‘fake’ fingerprints can be used to fool the scanners on some popular brands of smartphones. <br />CNET reports that Isao Echizen, a professor at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics says he could successfully obtain fingerprints from photos taken up to three feet away. <br />Echizen warns that exposing fingers in a selfie could allow hackers to pair fingerprints with your face – a serious security risk. <br />His team has created a substance which can stop ‘fingerprint theft’, he says – a titanium oxide-based substance which obscures fingerprints in a shot.
