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To: EPS who wrote (25309)2/6/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: David  Read Replies (1) of 42771
 
Re: Fingerprints

The systems that are being described are not relating the consumer's fingerprint to a stored bank of many qualified prints (i.e., a one:many search) that would both authenticate and identify the user. Instead, they are simply authentication devices that compare the results of a finger scan to a previously stored template (a one:one comparison), and identification is carried out through another means, such as a sign-on or even a password. So you don't run into the problem you were anticipating.

The FBI system does use a one:many approach, but it is for an entirely different purpose of identification where the user is not volunteering the information.
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