Comment on ICE Collected Nearly 1M People's DNA Last Year–Including Young ChildrenparentComments−voidUpdate1moI think that's a bit safer, because you could deduce very private information from a DNA sample, but you can't really tell anything about a person from their fingerprints, except maybe the size of their fingers. It's a one way match−kevin_thibedeau1moIdentical prints do exist. As with lab contamination of DNA, there is a potential for false accusation when you submit to dragnet biometric databases.−rationalist1moIdentical prints do exist.Evidence?It's theoretically possible, but as far as I'm aware, no one has found a matching set.−kevin_thibedeau1moNot whole sets but individual fingers have turned up duplicates.−rationalist1moSource?( > Evidence? )
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I think that's a bit safer, because you could deduce very private information from a DNA sample, but you can't really tell anything about a person from their fingerprints, except maybe the size of their fingers. It's a one way match
Identical prints do exist. As with lab contamination of DNA, there is a potential for false accusation when you submit to dragnet biometric databases.
Evidence?
It's theoretically possible, but as far as I'm aware, no one has found a matching set.
Not whole sets but individual fingers have turned up duplicates.
Source?
( > Evidence? )