Jodi_the_g
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I was thinking today, they take your finger prints in the USA now and have done for 4 years.
Now they apparently have millions, how can they check in a few moments who's finger prints are who's.
Or would it be linked to the passport to make sure its that person.
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John
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I don't get your question?
Take fingerprints, note who prints belong to.
Take fingerprint from something, check database to see if it's there, if it is bring up name?
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Jodi_the_g
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Sorry, I mean there is no way they can check the fingerprints to see if its a criminal if the documents are in order.
So do they just check the finger prints to that passport.
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Cosmo
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They dont check them (at least not against a massive database, maybe against a smaller wanted persons one), they store the print incase you get upto anything when you are there.
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Jodi_the_g
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Originally posted by Cosmo
They dont check them (at least not against a massive database, maybe against a smaller wanted persons one), they store the print incase you get upto anything when you are there.
They do check them as my mum put her wrong finger on, so next time she put her index finger on it came up wrong.
It just seems they could not get the time to check it.
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John
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I bet they check every single one cosmo.
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John
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Are you querying the speed?
A massive dual core pentium 4 machine in the back with 512mb ram and a very efficient search algorithm.
Computing power is cheap these days.
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Cosmo
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I havent been through US customs since they have been doing finger printing, but I doubt they can scan and check against the complete DB in a reasonable time.
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Jodi_the_g
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Would take to long is what I was thinking john as they would have to look for points etc.
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John
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They'll only be searching people that are wanted for something/on some sort of list, would be pointless searching against every fingerprint obviously.
I'd guess that they could easily search millions in seconds.
They could definitely do it before you got out of the airport/on a plane.
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Jodi_the_g
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No you do it as you leave the plane in the US to enter the country, just thinking it would take ages.
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Welsh Dan
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The UK fingerprinting machines take about a minute to get a match from what I understand. The US one would take a good 5 minutes.
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John
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Are you talking about police fingerprinting machines though Dan?
The US will have some serious computing behind it.
The UK police will have an old dell in a cupboard.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered against the barcode on your passport along with the picture you get taken at customs.
Passport Scanned
Mugshot taken
Left index finger
Right index finger
Why are you visiting the US? Business or Pleasure?
I got some grumpy arsed fucker a few year ago that held us up for about 15mins when I went over for my sisters wedding as she wasn't american why is she getting married here?! TOSSER!!!
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Matt H
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There'sd another pre flight form you have to fill in nopw for the states if it's a business trip. Madness I tell thee
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Jodi_the_g
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Originally posted by Matt H
There'sd another pre flight form you have to fill in nopw for the states if it's a business trip. Madness I tell thee
For any flight now as of Janaury 12th.
Unless your a visa holder.
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Ojc
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I have a Visa Card 
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Welsh Dan
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Are you talking about police fingerprinting machines though Dan?
The US will have some serious computing behind it.
The UK police will have an old dell in a cupboard.
I was yeah. And you're wrong about it being an old Dell. It'd be a Commodore 64 if we're lucky 
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