fingerprints

The men in a Bangladeshi family face hurdles from condition that leaves them with no fingerprints

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A family in Bangladesh appears to have no fingerprints due to a genetic mutation so rare it is thought to affect only a small number of people in the world.  Apu Sarker, 22, and the men in his family share the condition which leaves the pads of their fingers smooth and devoid of the unique ridges … Read more

Employee ID firm leaves 76,000 fingerprints exposed online with email addresses and phone numbers

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Employee ID company leaves 76,000 fingerprints exposed to hackers online along with email addresses and phone numbers Anteus Tecnolgia  develops and distributes Fingerprint Identification Systems Security researchers discovered their database  was unprotected The bucket contained  76,000 unique fingerprints of employees  It also had 81.5 million records that contained emails and telephone numbers Hackers could use … Read more