There are some in Fort Collins CO who believe that this is actually possible and that it would put our security at risk. However, there are those who think there's actually nothing to worry about and our 'fingerprints' are completely safe.
In a nutshell, with the help of this application, they can be confident that if obtaining a fingerprint pattern from a two-dimensional image has become already possible, it would still be hard to duplicate it. Thus, criminals in Fort Collins, CO won't be able to supplant an identity, because there will still be something missing-- the "liveness". This anti-spoofing confirmation technique, together with other ways, such as advanced algorithms used in comparing biometric patterns and by high security standards of the computer, would make the public feel at ease knowing that their credentials, are safe. Most of all, their identities would never be stolen that easily.