3-D printing is experiencing a boom across a fascinating
variety of sectors. It can be used for
construction, creating artistic foods arrangements, making clothing, or even
fashioning spare parts for the International Space Station. Now, cops have used it to help gather
evidence…but is it ethical?
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Every other part of you can be cloned, why not your fingerprints too? (Image courtesy dhgate.com.) |
According to the Verge, police in Michigan are currently using 3-d printing technology to help solve a crime. A professor at Michigan State was approached by the cops, who sought to make a 3-D printed replica of a murder victim’s fingerprint. The fingerprint, which had been recorded prior to the man’s death, would create a replica to be used to help unlock the victim’s phone.
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You, part two. (Image courtesy 3dprintingindustry.com.) |
Since the investigation still being underway, few details
have been released about the proceedings. However, a number of similar efforts have been made recently. While the public is still ill at ease over
the turmoil surrounding the unlocking of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone,
there is only a scant legal precedent for how to handle such situations
(although a judge did issue a warrant forcing a woman convicted of identity
theft to place her finger on a phone to unlock it.)
However, the technique itself may well be valid, as iPhones
have been unlocked using a simple print-clone created by using a dental mold to
make a cast, then filling that with Play-Doh to make a print. This “finger” could then be positioned over a
phone’s print-scanner and, weirdly enough, work. Various experiments with 3-D printed prints
have also shown to be efficacious.
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"Whoops. Accidentally hit "print poster-sized." Let's try this again..." (Image courtesy sandback.com.) |
The police were unable to use the murder victim’s original
fingerprint due to excessive decay.
While one doesn’t wish to think of having themselves printed in case of
tragedy, it’s worth noting that the FBI already has a 100 million-plus
fingerprint file anyway (including 34 million “civil prints” from non-criminal
civilians.) Homeland Security, U.S.
Customs, and the Department Of Defense also maintain separate, extensive
databases.
So basically, expect your prints to be entered into some
kind of database at the earliest convenience, because dead or alive, your
unique and unchangeable password needs to be as known to the feds as your face.
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They're not just content with your usual ones and zeros any more. (Image courtesy www.identityone.net.) |
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Error:
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Failed to deploy project. For more information, query the operation_messages view for the operation identifier '23'.
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Begin Try
BEGIN Transaction TR
Declare @UId uniqueidentifier
Select @UId=NewID()
Insert into LogTBL(ID)
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