Making peace signs in selfies will allow hackers to STEAL your fingerprint data

CELEBS could have their identity cloned thanks to their love of sticking up two fingers.

Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian are likely targets for hackers who can copy fingerprint data from pictures.

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And selfie-lovers who stick snaps with their hands in the air on Facebook have been warned too.

Experts have warned that flashing the peace sign is the equivalent of wearing your bank details on your forehead.

Isao Echizen, from the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo said that the quality of smartphones is sophisticated enough to nab minute details in a person's fingerprint.

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Those pictures can trick biometric security devices into handing over cash or access personal accounts, he warned.

His team managed to reconstruct fingerprints from photos shot from three metres away.

Once caught on digital cameras, they can be turned into fake fingertips using latex.

They can bypass Apple's Touch ID, unlock mobile phones and access phone banking.

Peace sign fans are at double risk, because the gesture involves holding TWO fingers aloft, he told Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun.

Other risky poses include holding two fingers like a gun.

The new era of biometric technology has spurred a complete privacy and security nightmare.

Researchers have already used corpse fingers to unlock mobile handsets and blown up photographs have fooled facial recognition systems - the likes of which guard Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's home.

If you can't take a snap without your favourite gesture, Japanese gadgeteers have created a transparent film of titanium oxide that you can wear on your fingers.

But there's a simpler trick that might avoid identity theft.

You could simply turn them the other way.