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Did not know that! How easily can irises be identified in person, though? Has a handheld scanner been developed yet? Fingerprints can also be left on objects,

Did not know that! How easily can irises be identified in person, though? Has a handheld scanner been developed yet? Fingerprints can also be left on objects, which can be helpful for tracking someone.

NullPrefix 4y ago
Regular photo camera can take photos of irises
Tade0 4y ago
> Has a handheld scanner been developed yet? Yes - I used one as far back as in 2010 on a science fair where we enrolled people to a research database. A phone camera close-up should be enough in the right conditions, but additionally Samsung's Galaxy line used to include and iris scanner, which was just a near-infrared LED and a camera.
x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
Yes, they were using them to catalog folks in Afghanistan https://www.wired.com/2010/09/afghan-biometric-dragnet-could-snag-millions/ https://www.wired.com/2010/09/afghan-biometric-dragnet-could... Of course, the Taliban were able to seize this collection of data. https://theintercept.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-military-biometrics/ https://theintercept.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-mili...