Editing V sign (section)

===Risks===
In addition to the risks due to different interpretations of the V-sign in different cultures, it has been suggested that fairly close photographs of palm-out V-signs may be a security risk, as people's fingerprints can be clearly identified, allowing misuse. At a distance of 1.5m or less, 100% of a fingerprint can be captured, and 50% at up to 3m. Criminals could copy the fingerprint to use with door-access and payment systems. It is also possible for law enforcement to identify people this way; Carl Stewart was arrested in 2021 after police [[EncroChat#Convictions|identified his fingerprints in an image he shared on EncroChat]]. Sufficiently detailed fingerprint information could only be harvested in "very demanding" conditions; to check that a V-sign photograph is not a security risk, it could be examined at high zoom.<ref name=argentina/><ref>{{Cite news |title=China's scissor-hand selfie-takers warned of cybersecurity threat |last=Yan |first=Alice |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=17 September 2019 |url= https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3027667/chinas-scissor-hand-selfie-takers-warned-cybersecurity-threat}}</ref>