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Article: NIST study shows computerized fingerprint matching is highly accurate.
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- July 7, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 2004-NIST: NIST study shows computerized fingerprint matching is highly accurate(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Computerized systems that automatically match fingerprints have become so sophisticated that the best of them are accurate more than 99 percent of the time, according to the most comprehensive known study of the systems ever conducted.
Computer scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tested 34 commercially available systems provided by 18 companies from around the world. NIST conducted the testing to evaluate the accuracy of fingerprint ...