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People can look identical, that's the reason we started using finger prints. Faces are not unique.
by downrightmike 1y ago
People can look identical, that's the reason we started using finger prints. Faces are not unique.
- qingcharles 1y agoMy friend (who has an identical twin) was joking about scanning himself into Cameo mode on Sora and making some goofy videos and saying they were his brother.
- burkaman 1y agoAlso, this app uses photos from a combination of government databases, but there are millions of citizens without photo ID who won't show up in any of them.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoSocial media datasets are likely in use. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202509/ice-awards-clearview-ai-9-2m-facial-recognition-contract https://www.biometricupdate.com/202509/ice-awards-clearview-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI
- krapp 1y agoThere is no scientific proof that fingerprints are unique, either. Like a lot of forensic science, it's just accepted wisdom.
- more_corn 1y agoI think the scientific consensus is that they are NOT unique. I seem to recall there’s something like a one in five million chance of collision. (Recalling from memory so please verify, I recall thinking that in a large city there’s likely to be another person who’s fingerprints could be mistaken for yours)
- tracker1 1y agoIIRC, someone was accused and arrested for murder who lived across the country and couldn't have possibly committed the crime based on fingerprint match.
- yubblegum 1y agoA book to read on the history of surveillance technology, starting with "pass papers" for slaves to finger prints: The Soft Cage - Surveillance in America: From Slavery to the War on Terror, Christian Parenti, 2003 https://archive.org/details/softcagesurveill0000pare https://archive.org/details/softcagesurveill0000pare