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Re:U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions by wongarsu on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:31AM (#42558093)
Why not? Seems like a pretty clear shot of three of his fingers and a good partial print of his thumb. I assume the original was higher resolution than the version in the article.

The CCC made a point a couple years ago by publishing finger prints of high ranking German government officials extracted from photos

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Re:U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions by machine_coffee on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:38AM (#42558119)
I think they went even further and 3d printed their thumbprint and unlocked their phone with it, if I remember correctly.
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Re:U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions by GoblinSlayer on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @07:30AM (#42558321)
Just change your thumbprint after a leak, no problem.
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Re:U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions by dylan604 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:16PM (#42560591)
A dedicated criminal wouldn’t have fingerprints.
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Re:U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions by datavirtue on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @09:31AM (#42558887)
Fingerprint tech is ridiculously advanced. I saw a documentary where they lifted a print off a pillow case decades later.
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