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Improved fingerprint search algo helps crack a 48-Year-old murder case

1 pointsby muglug4 days ago

2 comments

phillipseamore4 days ago
Not saying it's the case but some might want to rebrand/spin lowering the threshold for similarity (number of unique features between sample and suspect) as "improved algorithm."
treetalker4 days ago
Not new: improvement made in 2018.<p>&gt; He said that the difference this time was the F.B.I.’s upgrade of its fingerprint search algorithm, which happened in 2018.