Police possibly 3D printing murder victim’s fingerprint to unlock their phone

Police possibly 3D printing murder victim’s fingerprint to unlock their phone

Police in Michigan have a new tool for unlocking phones: 3D printing. According to a new report from Flash Forward creator Rose Eveleth, law enforcement officers approached a professor at Michigan State earlier this year to reproduce a murder victim’s fingerprint from a prerecorded scan. Once created, the 3D model would be used to create a false fingerprint, which could be used to unlock the phone.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/21/12247370/police-fingerprint-3D-printing-unlock-phone-murder

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