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#crime #forensics #datasets #fingerprints #NIST #AI

'A NIST collection of 10,000 fingerprints has now been fully annotated with details that will help train both human fingerprint examiners and AI tools.'

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/03/nist-helps-fingerprint-examiners-new-data-and-software-release

NIST Helps Fingerprint Examiners With New Data and Software Release

The new tools are an annotated collection of 10,000 fingerprints and a software program that can sort fingerprints according to their quality.

NIST

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Kevin Karhan

Mar 11

@ferricoxide It's even worse than #NorthKorea, because Pyongyang doesn't demand you to provide you with all your #AntisocialMedia, #Fingerprints and #DNA nor do they reject people with a valid visa purely out of vibes...

The only other nation that legally doesn't guarantee entry with a valid visa is #Japan but unlike the #USA I can't find stories where they rejected entry based off things that would've invalidated a visa anyway (i.e. past ban of entry, criminal conviction or unpaid fines, using forged documents, ...)
- Whereas the #US always mistreated travelers to the point that people with all the valid permits were treated worse than Inmates in a German Prison at Immigrations, with "trigger-happy" TSA & CPB personnel looking for reasons to flatline them - and that was in the early-to-mid - 2000s!

beSpacific Mar 3

Via #LLRX @psuPete Recommends - Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, 2/28/ 26. 5 highlights: #DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces & #Fingerprints Across Agencies; #LinkedIn #ID #verification data will likely be shared with third parties; AI controls are coming to #Firefox; EMeta Employee Shares #OpenClaw #Email Deletion Nightmare; and This #App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing #SmartGlasses Nearby. #privacy #surveillance #privacy #flock #facialrecognition https://www.llrx.com/2026/02/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-february-28-2026/

PrivacyDigest Feb 21

#DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces and #Fingerprints Across Agencies

#HomelandSecurity aims to combine its face and #fingerprint systems into one big #biometric platform—after dismantling centralized #privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
#facialrecognition #ice #privacy #security #facerecognition #immigration #deportation

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

WIRED

aslamK Feb 20

More shit that will be with us even when Trump is gone.

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

> Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

#DHS #biometrics #privacy #surveillance #faceRecognition #fingerprints

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Feb 19

Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony. “The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch of a new public resource: the Forensic Expert Evidence Database, a searchable collection of court decisions addressing when and how forensic expert testimony is admitted in criminal cases. The database […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/19/duke-law-new-database-documents-a-century-of-court-decisions-on-forensic-expert-evidence-testimony/

Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony

Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony. “The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch o…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose