{"id":242733,"date":"2026-05-09T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/china-tv-variety-show-exposes-scam-linking-peace-sign-selfies-to-privacy-risks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T05:15:09","slug":"china-tv-variety-show-exposes-scam-linking-peace-sign-selfies-to-privacy-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/china-tv-variety-show-exposes-scam-linking-peace-sign-selfies-to-privacy-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"China TV variety show exposes scam linking \u2018peace\u2019 sign selfies to privacy risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

China TV variety show exposes scam linking \u2018peace\u2019 sign selfies to privacy risks<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/trending-china\/article\/3352777\/china-tv-variety-show-exposes-scam-linking-peace-sign-selfies-privacy-risks<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-09 21:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A casual peace sign in a selfie has become China\u2019s latest online privacy concern after experts warned that the popular pose could expose users\u2019 fingerprints.<\/p>\n

In a mainland workplace reality show aired in April, financial expert Li Chang used a celebrity selfie to show how clearly visible fingers in a photograph could put personal biometric data at risk.<\/p>\n

Li said fingerprints could potentially be extracted from selfies taken within 1.5 metres if the fingers faced the camera directly. Even at a distance of 1.5 to 3 metres, around half of the hand details could still be recovered.<\/p>\n

The programme showed fingerprint ridges becoming visible after the image was enhanced with photo-editing software and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.<\/p>\n

According to China Newsweek, Jing Jiwu, a cryptography professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, said portrait photos taken with high-quality cameras could make it possible to reconstruct hand details from a \u201cscissor hand\u201d pose.<\/p>\n

Four young high school students on their way home after class in China flash the peace sign for the camera. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n

He noted that fingerprint recovery was usually difficult due to factors such as lighting, focus and image clarity. However, the risk increases when photographs are taken with higher-resolution devices or when criminals obtain multiple related images.<\/p>\n

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