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RE: Fingerprints Are 'Scientifically Baseless' for Legal Certainty of Identification
Whoever said fingerprints are 100% sure is wrong and was always wrong. No sane knowledgeable person ever said that.
Also fingerprinting normally uses a certain subset of "identifiers" and not the whole print.
Fingerprints can be a very reliable tool, but no 100% sure method. Same goes for genetics. A 1:1'000'000 chance still means that in certain areas of the world there are 20 more people with the "same" DNA inside walking distance.
Yeah, they are very useful, but have their issues if thought to be 100% accurate to identify people in all cases. Good point on the DNA tests too ;)