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  2. Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

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    It is a national automated fingerprint identification and criminal history system. IAFIS provides automated fingerprint search capabilities, latent searching capability, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of fingerprints and responses. IAFIS houses the fingerprints and criminal histories of 70 million subjects in the criminal ...

  3. Automated fingerprint identification - Wikipedia

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    Automated fingerprint identification is the process of using a computer to match fingerprints against a database of known and unknown prints in the fingerprint identification system. Automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) are primarily used by law enforcement agencies for criminal identification purposes, the most important of ...

  4. Next Generation Identification - Wikipedia

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    Next Generation Identification (NGI) is a project of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The project's goal is to expand the capabilities of the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), which is currently used by law enforcement to identify subjects by their fingerprints and to look up their criminal history. The ...

  5. National databases of United States persons - Wikipedia

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    Fingerprints [8] Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) Federal Bureau of Investigation: criminal and civilian monitoring: 104 million persons (including 34 million non-criminals) Finger and palm prints, iris, and facial data (under development to replace the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System)

  6. Fingerprint - Wikipedia

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    Fingerprint identification, known as dactyloscopy, [30] ridgeology, [31] or hand print identification, is the process of comparing two instances of friction ridge skin impressions (see minutiae), from human fingers or toes, or even the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, to determine whether these impressions could have come from the same ...

  7. The Gym Wants My Fingerprints: A Biometric ID Dilemma - AOL

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    So if the 24-Hour Fitness database gets hacked and some enterprising Black Hat team of computer experts makes off with this sensitive information, many people could forever lose control of this ...

  8. Combined DNA Index System - Wikipedia

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    The creation of a national DNA database within the U.S. was first mentioned by the Technical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (TWGDAM) in 1989. [1] The FBI's strategic goal was to maximize the voluntary participation of states and avoid what happened several years early, when eight western states frustrated with the progress creating a national Automated Fingerprint Identification System ...

  9. Use Face, Fingerprint or PIN to sign in to AOL - AOL Help

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    Use Face, Fingerprint or PIN to sign in to AOL Entering a password to sign in to your AOL account can sometimes feel like a hassle, especially if you forget it. If your smart device is enabled with biometric authenticators like a fingerprint sensor or facial recognition technology, you can sign in with ease.