Yeah, now you can just pick the fingerprint locks with a paperclip in about 10 seconds. http://www.privacydigest.com/2010/08/03/biometric%20and%20ot... That's progress for you.

In a more recent article from 2007, the problem still exists.

http://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2007/umsonst-im-supermarkt