SouthernBoy
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The project on which I work at my last job (I am now retired) had the contract to develop, support, and maintain the automated fingerprint identification system for the UK. About 5+ years ago, we began development and implementation of a new pilot program called Lantern. This was a portable fingerprint scanning machine which would take two prints from someone during traffic stops. The machine looked virtually identical to what you see in this video.
Last year, we had a short demo and hands on inspection of another portable machine that a few people in our group were working on. This machine resemble a rather large old-style bellows camera (without the bellows). It had a screen and it would take several biometric data types: fingerprints, facial recognition, eye scans, and voice prints. An agency of our government (I'd rather not say which one, but it was not covert) was the client and their idea was to use this device overseas in "hot" areas with captured individuals. I would bet that it would likely make it into our civilian population here in the states (police?) with the right administration in office.
Gentlemen, this is scary stuff.
The project on which I work at my last job (I am now retired) had the contract to develop, support, and maintain the automated fingerprint identification system for the UK. About 5+ years ago, we began development and implementation of a new pilot program called Lantern. This was a portable fingerprint scanning machine which would take two prints from someone during traffic stops. The machine looked virtually identical to what you see in this video.
Last year, we had a short demo and hands on inspection of another portable machine that a few people in our group were working on. This machine resemble a rather large old-style bellows camera (without the bellows). It had a screen and it would take several biometric data types: fingerprints, facial recognition, eye scans, and voice prints. An agency of our government (I'd rather not say which one, but it was not covert) was the client and their idea was to use this device overseas in "hot" areas with captured individuals. I would bet that it would likely make it into our civilian population here in the states (police?) with the right administration in office.
Gentlemen, this is scary stuff.