March 2021
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
14h 24m
English
Content preview from Wireless and Mobile Device Security, 2nd Edition
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Fingerprinting Users
Smartphones are set to become a useful device for law enforcement. Here, the goal is not to fingerprint the device, but to use the device to fingerprint a person. This will be done by providing police officers with a mobile system—a smartphone and a direct broadband connection—for scanning and processing fingerprints on the street. This allows police officers to be more productive by fingerprinting suspects in the field. The NYPD invested around $160 million in such a system, which it paid for using funds received in bank settlements.
Using the fingerprint sensor on the smartphone, officers will be able to scan and fingerprint suspects at the scene. The smartphone will process the fingerprint scan and send the data via high-speed ...