Defeating fingerprints

Daniel R. Oelke droelke at rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com
Wed May 15 14:30:39 PDT 1996




> > Burglars and safecrackers sand the ridges off.
> 
> This sounds like it'd work, but quite tedious.
> 

Two words - "power tools" !!! ;-)

I've sanded my finger tips down rather well with a 
belt sander and a fine grit belt on numerous occasions.

While I've speculated that I probably wouldn't leave much
of a finger print, I've never actually tried to take
prints after such an operation.

Dan
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Dan Oelke                                  Alcatel Network Systems
droelke at aud.alcatel.com                             Richardson, TX







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