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Unfair sarcasm. DNA is one of the very few forensic tools with any hard science behind it. Even fingerprints can lead to highly conflicting "expert" opinions.
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
Unfair sarcasm. DNA is one of the very few forensic tools with any hard science behind it. Even fingerprints can lead to highly conflicting "expert" opinions.
- louithethrid 9y agoYou can get "DNA" at every barbershop. Every overtrusted tool will become a weakspot.
- loeg 9y agoAnd you leave fingerprints on everything you touch. But, it's all we've got as far as hard evidence aside from testimony and camera recording.
- matwood 9y agoBasically all we have is camera recordings because 'eye-witness' testimony is notoriously bad.
- syshum 9y agoMachine Learning will put a stop to that there are several project right now working completely fabricate audio and video in realistic ways...
- justinjlynn 9y agowe can already do video (pretty well, anyway) : http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/~niessner/thies2016face.html http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/~niessner/thies2016face.htm...
- gaius 9y agoYep check these guys out: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/voice_stealing_lyrebird/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/24/voice_stealing_lyre...
- sigstoat 9y ago> DNA is one of the very few forensic tools with any hard science behind it. forensic toxicology and chemistry also work fine (they use the same tools and techniques that analytical chemists use for assaying unknown substances, or your doctor's office uses for measuring how much of your pain killer is in your system). the problems from those labs come when the government-run ones decide they're on team blue, instead of team truth, and start making shit up.