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Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions... by rootusrootus on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:31PM (#18924814)
We don't require a full set of fingerprints to renew your driver's license, but we do require proof of citizenship and residence. As a practical matter, for most people that means birth certificate and a utility bill with their address on it.

I assume the fingerprints thing is for future crime solving?

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Re:DOJ: Hackers broke into an SEC database and made millions... by jessaustin on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:19PM (#18926055)
A giant database of fingerprints is more likely to "solve" crimes than solve them. This statistical mistake even has a name: "the prosecutor's fallacy". (It could be that police detectives deserve to name this trope more than prosecutors do, but it's probably too late now.)
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