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

by muglugon 5/11/25, 9:54 PMwith 2 comments
by phillipseamoreon 5/12/25, 12:30 AM

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."

by treetalkeron 5/11/25, 11:08 PM

Not new: improvement made in 2018.

> He said that the difference this time was the F.B.I.’s upgrade of its fingerprint search algorithm, which happened in 2018.