Automatic Fingerprint Identification System Purpose Fingerprinting Process Applications Cost Issues Future National ID Card
Purpose Verification Identification
Fingerprints Friction ridges Pattern Types Minutiae Uniqueness
Pattern Types
Minutiae
Fingerprint Matching Process
Map vs. Photograph Image Clarity
Fingerprint Matching Process Manual matching Automated matching Hybrid solution Limiting the search
Fingerprint Matching Process False Positives False Negatives Fraud vs. Denial of Service Two fingerprints
Applications Voter registration Driver’s licensing Welfare fraud prevention Check cashing ATM transactions
Applications McDonald’s HEB Supermarkets Citibank Nevada Casinos Levitz Furniture Kroger Supermarkets Notaries
Applications Texas California Florida Georgia
Cost Less costly than other biometric technologies Less invasive than other biometric technologies
Issues - Pro Decrease in false identifications Protect privacy Reduce identity theft
Issues - Con Intimidation of lower-income people Abuse of fingerprint database Texas law Not copy proof
Future More widespread use in on the way Government Health care Finance Schools May lead to more sophisticated technologies
National Id Cards Hong Kong Identity card with digital thumbprint Amount of information Malaysia Brunei United States