Current law enforcement and forensics experts rely heavily on the use of fingerprints to identify criminals (ie. in a crime scene). What will happen when advanced molecular nanotechnology allows criminals to change their fingerprints? How will law enforcement agencies be able to keep one step ahead?
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Changing One's Own FingerprintS?
#1
Posted 26 September 2009 - 05:08 PM
Current law enforcement and forensics experts rely heavily on the use of fingerprints to identify criminals (ie. in a crime scene). What will happen when advanced molecular nanotechnology allows criminals to change their fingerprints? How will law enforcement agencies be able to keep one step ahead?
#2
Posted 26 September 2009 - 05:28 PM
Edited by forever freedom, 26 September 2009 - 05:31 PM.
#3
Posted 26 September 2009 - 05:35 PM
As technology changes, respective fields are going to have to keep up. It will be sink or swim.
I honestly don't know what the future of law enforcement will be when people will be able to do things like change their fingerprints, their appearance, or even their DNA.
One scary thought that is possible with a global nanotechnology network is government monitoring of all of our thoughts and actions. That's just a "solution" that popped into my head first. Obviously, it's not a very pleasant one to think about.
The structures of our governmental systems are going to have to be completely overhauled once these changes start happening.
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#4
Posted 26 September 2009 - 11:28 PM
That would most definitely be a problem for current law enforcement.
As technology changes, respective fields are going to have to keep up. It will be sink or swim.
I honestly don't know what the future of law enforcement will be when people will be able to do things like change their fingerprints, their appearance, or even their DNA.
One scary thought that is possible with a global nanotechnology network is government monitoring of all of our thoughts and actions. That's just a "solution" that popped into my head first. Obviously, it's not a very pleasant one to think about.
The structures of our governmental systems are going to have to be completely overhauled once these changes start happening.
Thats why I laugh every time I read a book or watch a tv show about the future using retina scans, fingerprints, DNA, whatever as a means of identifying people.
in the end the sole proof of ID will be a synaptic map. and that will have to constantly be updated.
#5
Posted 21 December 2011 - 05:11 AM
Although if the law cant adapt how far will they go to protect?
Will law enforcement use nano technology to track every human thus making morphing fingerprints useless?
#6
Posted 22 December 2011 - 10:24 PM
The law and the criminals would simply go another level down in miniaturization.
#7
Posted 22 December 2011 - 10:46 PM
#8
Posted 05 January 2012 - 12:51 AM
#9
Posted 10 January 2012 - 12:54 AM
I think most criminals don't do this because they don't use a lot of forethought to begin with. Committing major crimes is generally a dangerous business and thus most people who engage in it regularly are almost by definition reckless, impulsive and perhaps a bit stupid. Obviously I'm sure there are some exceptions but I think that's true enough as a general rule.
For keeping track of captured criminals, in the future DNA databases will likely become just as robust as the fingerprint databases of today. Also, as was mentioned earlier, for actually committing crimes just wear gloves.
#10
Posted 27 May 2013 - 01:47 AM
#11
Posted 20 June 2013 - 04:48 AM
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