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RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication
From: David Brodbeck <DavidB () mail interclean com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:26:41 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Aronson [mailto:spamtrap.secfocus () dja mailme org]
Law enforcement agencies use some kind of algorithm to convert fingerprints to a numeric value, so that they can be easily compared.
My understanding is that this is only an approximate representation -- it's not intended to be unique, it's only a method for quickly locating prints similar to the suspect print. The final comparison between a print that's on file and a suspect print is done by eye, and is actually somewhat subjective.
Current thread:
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication markus-1977 (Feb 05)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Navaneetharangan (Feb 06)
- Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Eric 'MightyE' Stevens (Feb 11)
- Biometric systems security [WAS: Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication] Gadi Evron (Feb 07)
- Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Dave Aronson (Feb 09)
- Re: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Eric Murray (Feb 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication David Brodbeck (Feb 09)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Charles Clancy (Feb 11)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Lyal Collins (Feb 16)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Charles Clancy (Feb 11)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication David.Cross (Feb 11)
- RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication Navaneetharangan (Feb 06)