Forum: OT


Subject: (humour/serious) Warning regarding People textures

ryamka opened this issue on Apr 23, 2003 ยท 19 posts


ryamka posted Wed, 23 April 2003 at 11:32 PM

Just to let you guys know, this evening I was talking with my brother-in-law, who works with the Texas Rangers. He was telling me of a new issue they are discovering in criminal investigations... SOme of the drug cartels are now using high-quality photos of members to create "realistic texture imprints" that are used to create real "fake" hand and thumb prints. These prints are then "bump-mapped" in the real world and applied to rubber pads/gloves that can be worn over the hand. These are then used in some crimes to leave finger/hand prints behind at crime scenes. These prints are usually from junior/expendable members of the group who are usually the ones who get arrested or killed. So these prints are being colelcted, compared to those on records, and tied to people who are dead/in jail, so it is impossible that they are the ones doing the crimes. Just thought you would like to know, those of you using hand/finger prints from family and friends. You never know where that information may come up.... - Ray