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CrowdScience: Are Fingerprints the Best Form of ID?

Are fingerprints the best form of ID?

28/04/2017 GMT

Are Fingerprints the Best Form of ID?

BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Are Fingerprints the Best Form of ID?

CrowdScience explores the biometric systems capturing our identities

On this edition of CrowdScience we try out the tech that tells us apart. From mobile phones to border controls, biometrics are being used everywhere to recognise us.

Biometrics are being used everywhere to recognise us. On this edition of CrowdScience we try out the tech that tells us apart. We find out just how unique our irises are and meet a man who can pick people out from a crowd of thousands just by analysing the way they walk. 

Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at crowdscience@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Anand Jagatia
Producer: Marijke Peters

(Image: Fingerprints being looked at under a magnifying glass. Credit: Getty Images)

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