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Subject: Finger print scanners
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Date: 7 Feb 89 06:07:00 GMT
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Any one know if there are scanners today capable of scanning
finger prints and digitizing them?  An idea crossed my mind
goes as follows.  If this is possible, then people can be
called in a national campagin to get their fingers scanned
(much like registering for the draft.)  Then, with the
help of a supercomputer, a criminal can be identified almost
instantly by matching finger prints from the crime scene
with the national file.  I think this would rid society of
a great deal of crimes if the scanners are available and the
ACLU does not object to that approach.  I just cannot find
in the literature any information indicating that such
scanners exist.                                   
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