Here is another example of a security device that is becoming more insecure. In this case it is holograms that are attached to credit cards, money, and products to prove their authenticity. In recent years, duplicating holograms has become cost effective.
Fake Holograms a 3-D Crime Wave
If you have a credit card or just bought a copy of Windows Vista, you’re familiar with security holograms — those sparkly bits of film that vouch for the validity of everything from driver’s licenses to software and sports league items. It turns out, they’re aren’t as secure as they are sparkly. Experts say the number of counterfeit holograms affixed to equally counterfeit merchandise has tripled in the past three years, as the technology to make them has spread. Today, crafting a convincing duplicate of a security hologram has never been easier or more profitable.
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