Improved fingerprint search algo helps crack a 48-Year-old murder case (nytimes.com) 1 points by muglug 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] treetalker 1y ago ↗ 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.
[–] phillipseamore 1y ago ↗ 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."
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 19.4 ms ] thread> He said that the difference this time was the F.B.I.’s upgrade of its fingerprint search algorithm, which happened in 2018.