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Identity Management with Biometrics
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Identity Management with Biometrics

by Lisa Bock
October 2020
Beginner
368 pages
8h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 5: Implementing Fingerprint Technology

Take a moment and look at your right index finger. You may have to use a magnifying glass, to view the tiny details we are interested in investigating. Upon close examination, you will see ridges, along with the other tiny details that make your fingerprint distinct. Today, many of us are familiar with using fingerprints to uniquely identify someone. However, using friction ridges, or the raised areas on our fingers and palms, were used for identification long ago by the ancient Chinese. The fact is that everyone's fingerprint is unique, even for identical twins, which makes using our fingerprints as a biometric identifier ideal.

In this chapter, we'll learn about one of the most common biometrics ...

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