Biometrics are becoming increasingly popular as security mechanisms - visa terminals, smartphones, etc. The premise, of course, is that certain characteristics of a person are globally unique and therefore serve as both an identifier and authenticator. Therein lies an access vector for thieves. For years, movies have depicted the easiest method for fingerprint defeating simply by cutting people's fingers off. But now, hacker Jan Krissler, demonstrated the ability to clone fingerprints of famous people (a politician for his demo) using nothing but high resolution photographs available all over the Internet.