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People rely on fingerprints to provide proof of identity. But there's not really that much variation in fingers, and fingerprints have a high false positive rat
by dbxz 8y ago
People rely on fingerprints to provide proof of identity. But there's not really that much variation in fingers, and fingerprints have a high false positive rate. Fingerprints are going to go the way of the polygraph, and get banned from court.
- bradknowles 8y agoYeah, the author of the article makes some absolute statements that might have been believed a few years ago, but which no longer hold any scientific validity. Which makes me question the whole thing, to be honest.