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It is prevalent. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Automated_Fingerprint_Identification_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Automated_Fi
by btilly 4y ago
It is prevalent. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Automated_Fingerprint_Identification_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Automated_Fingerpri....
That said, faking them is easier than you might think. https://web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.pdf https://web.mit.edu/6.857/OldStuff/Fall03/ref/gummy-slides.p...
Incidentally the idea of fingerprinting really was popularized by Mark Twain: https://www.courthousenews.com/mark-twains-fingerprints/ https://www.courthousenews.com/mark-twains-fingerprints/
- sidewndr46 4y agoWhat I meant by faking fingerprints was creating another living human being with my same fingerprints. It's obviously trivial to create fingerprint evidence.
- btilly 4y agoIt is not just that you can create fingerprint evidence. It is that you can create fingerprint evidence in normal interactions with fingerprint systems in ways that leave no other evidence, and are unlikely to draw scrutiny from nearby humans.