Creepy fingerprint surveillance

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Originally Posted by auroraglacialis

Just in case someone still doubts that affordable cameras are able to identify people at a distance:
IDair's new fingerprint reader captures prints from 6 meters away | al.com
Their system is available for now $2000, expected to get much cheaper with time. It is a high resolution camera and a computer with advanced software. It can identify the fingerprint of a person who is standing 6 meters (18') away from the camera. Currently the system only recognizes the fingerprint of a single digit, not enough for unique identification, but they are working on getting all fingers scanned plus biometrics, plus Iris scans.
The system is now used in military installations and - fitness centers (WTF!) and is expected to have a variety of applications up to shpooing with your biometrics-linked bank account.

For any company using something like this, the only finger they're gonna see is my middle finger while I'm walking away.

Seems to me that a few strategically-placed bandages or a glove could deal with this quite nicely, though.