Could 3-D printing create a latex like finger tip one could wear to bypass finger print scanners or even frame a person for a crime?
oops .... NOW you’ve done it ....
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I don't know. In one of the Jason Bourne movies the CIA attempts to frame Bourne by putting his fingerprints, reproduced on some sort of transparent plastic strips, around a crime scene.
The 3D printing idea is interesting.
That’s very interesting.
There’s a new game in town, really. I went to get my DL renewed and two things I noticed (above the very stringent requirements to prove who you are by BC or passport). One was the no longer digitally scanned your finger prints and secondly, when your picture is taken, you have to remove your glasses.
I had a rapport with the guy doing the paperwork (a veteran like me who also had a veteran’s DL) and I asked about hat. He said that the camera also captured the eyes’ retinal patterns and that was the new standard. This is Georgia’s new federal ID compliance program.
One good thing is that it is next to impossible for an illegal to get a DL that will allow him/her to register vote. Even for those persons who are not citizens, there are identity and lawful presence proof requirements.
The documentation required is pretty extensive in my opinion and they look at all of it closely. Everything has to be original documents or certified copies. It is a big imposition on citizens, but if this keeps one illegal from getting a DL and impeding them from voting I’m all for it.
Also things are headed towards ‘biometric’ logins/identification. You are assumed to be “authentic” (and not anonymous online) by verifying your fingerprint.
Except there will be millions of stolen identities.
And then there is the whole “run fingerprints by to match un-accused people with unsolved crimes” scenario. In Texas, they require fingerprints from each hand to get a driver’s license and have since the 1990s.
I see a growing market for cadavers' fingertips (or the fingertips of a monkey, whose "friction ridges" can't be eliminated from those of humans). Either can be made into a "finger-cot" device.