Smartphone app can unmask forged documents

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a smartphone app that can be used to check the authenticity of documents and other items. Extracts from the debt enforcement register of the City of Zurich are being made forgery-proof as part of a pilot project. Expensive watches, bank statements, degree certificates and official documents: there are many things that can be forged and even more reasons for...