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To: CareyM who wrote (11564)	12/3/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Smart card counterfeiting . . . I feel I'm drifting away from where I know something. However, smart cards should certainly be reprogrammable in order to take on new functions, change data, etc. The question really seems to be aimed at the biometric side: "How easy is it to pretend to be the legitimate user?" It shouldn't be easy at all. The template will only authenticate the person who enrolled in the first place. If someone tried to copy the template and spoof an identity, the matching algorithm program should pick it up, since no two scans would be exactly alike, and this spoof would be exactly alike. Of course, if we are talking government-level spoofing, I suppose someone could crack the code well enough to fool the machine. But not hackers or crooks.