Ten tiny fingers, ten tiny toes...

[chrishansenhome]

...but make sure that they each stay where they belong. Toeprints are no substitute for fingerprints, as this Jamaican man found out.

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[vasilatos]

It's going to be DNA registration in the end. And I confess that despite being sympathetic to criminals, I don't disagree with it.

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

DNA registration? What about identical twins?

That being said, no one has absolutely proven that no two fingerprints are identical. It's a convenient assumption that allows the authorities to identify miscreants with a high degree of probability.

[vasilatos]

Identical twins will definitely be at a disadvantage. On the other hand, they have a larger opportunity for messing with the authorities, with DNA identification plus ubiquitous public space cameras. So it's a yay-boo for them. For everyone else, it's basically a yay unless you've done something heinous and left DNA behind.