fingerprinting
Booking desk procedure
Fingerprinting is the practice of recording someone's fingerprints for identification, typically by pressing inked fingers onto paper or scanning them digitally.
Police fingerprint suspects; employers fingerprint new hires.
The term extends to any method of identifying something by its unique characteristics: browser fingerprinting tracks users online, DNA fingerprinting revolutionized forensics.
Removing surface grime
- powderFine dry particles
- latentPresent but inactive
- printsCopied images on paper
- brushBristled cleaning tool
lifters · tape · AFIS · comparison · technician · laboratory · magnifier · microscope
Narrow raised strip
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- archCurved spanning structure
- loopCurve closing on itself
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
bifurcation · core · delta · pattern · papillary · friction · skin · epidermis
Device that reads data
- sensorInput-detecting device
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
recognition · verification · identity · access · smartphone · keyless · unlock · capacitive
Monitoring location over time
- browserWeb access program
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- cookiesSmall sweet baked goods
privacy · surveillance · advertising · analytics · metadata · signature · profiling · identification
Believe to be likely
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- matchGame between opponents
identification · records · booking · arrest · clearance · elimination · unsolved · perpetrator
dusting
Removing surface grime
brush · lifters · tape · AFIS · comparison · technician · laboratory · magnifier · microscope · examination
ridge
Narrow raised strip
minutiae · bifurcation · core · delta · pattern · papillary · friction · skin · epidermis · sweat
scanner
Device that reads data
- sensorInput-detecting device
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
template · recognition · verification · identity · access · smartphone · keyless · unlock · capacitive · optical
tracking
Monitoring location over time
cookies · privacy · surveillance · advertising · analytics · metadata · signature · profiling · identification · unique
suspect
Believe to be likely
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
match · identification · records · booking · arrest · clearance · elimination · unsolved · perpetrator · offender
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- detection methodsradar, sonar, MRI, ultrasound, DNA testing
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- forensic methodsautopsy, DNA testing, forensics, ballistics, toxicology
- police technologybody cameras, CCTV, dash cams, dashcams, facial recognition
fingerprintingfacial recognition
Automated identification by face
voice recognition · iris scanning · DNA testing · PIN verification · handwriting analysis
fingerprintinganonymization
Removing identifying information
anonymity · privacy protection · untraceability · covering tracks · de-identification
- DNA fingerprintingTechnique identifying individuals genetically
- genetic fingerprintingIdentifying individuals by DNA
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