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'''Fingerprints''' of humans are supposedly unique, and sometimes used to track down criminals or to authenticate access to systems. | '''Fingerprints''' of humans are supposedly unique, and sometimes used to track down criminals or to authenticate access to systems. | ||
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| + | Toeprints have similar sorts of patterns, but are less-used since shoes and socks usually get in the way of their being left in accessible places. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | * [[WSQ]] ( | + | * [[ANSI 378]] (used to store minutae of fingerprints) |
| + | * [[ANSI 381]] (used to store images of fingerprints) | ||
| + | * [[ISO 19794-2]] (used to store minutae of fingerprints) | ||
| + | * [[NIST IHead]] | ||
| + | * [[WSQ]] (used to store images of fingerprints) | ||
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* [http://xato.net/authentication/fingerprints-and-passwords/ Fingerprints and Passwords: A Guide for Non-Security Experts] | * [http://xato.net/authentication/fingerprints-and-passwords/ Fingerprints and Passwords: A Guide for Non-Security Experts] | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/12/why-fingerprints-make-lousy-au.html Why fingerprints make lousy authentication tokens] | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/12/why-fingerprints-make-lousy-au.html Why fingerprints make lousy authentication tokens] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/09/22/chaos-computer-club-claims-it.html Chaos Computer Club clones fingerprints to unlock iPhone] | ||
| + | * [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/adermatoglyphia-genetic-disorder-people-born-without-fingerprints-180949338/ Adermatoglyphia: The Genetic Disorder Of People Born Without Fingerprints] | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:03, 3 June 2020
Fingerprints of humans are supposedly unique, and sometimes used to track down criminals or to authenticate access to systems.
Toeprints have similar sorts of patterns, but are less-used since shoes and socks usually get in the way of their being left in accessible places.
[edit] See also
- ANSI 378 (used to store minutae of fingerprints)
- ANSI 381 (used to store images of fingerprints)
- ISO 19794-2 (used to store minutae of fingerprints)
- NIST IHead
- WSQ (used to store images of fingerprints)
