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New technology can help ID criminals

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By Clay Neely Through the use of asset forfeiture, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office has added another tool to help investigators identify possible criminals. Last week, members from the sheriff’s office began utilizing two new Data Works Plus Rapid-ID systems. The technology utilizes a smartphone to run fingerprints through a local database in order to reveal possible aliases, physical descriptions and possibly mugshots. If police believe someone is lying about their identity, or can’t produce a valid ID, the Rapid-ID will help determine who they are. The device can also be used to help identify a deceased person if needed. Results are returned almost instantly. When the information is captured by the device, it is compared against local and national databases. Similar technology for fingerprint identification has been around several years, but the capabilities of the Rapid-ID recently turned some heads at the sheriff's office. The devices were used during a pr...

Till blockchain do us part

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By Moris Beracha .- The blockchain technology is a public database decentralized in a computer network that is used to record all kinds of transactions. Roma Siri, born on November 8, 2015, also known as the “Baby Blockchain”, was the first human being whose birth was registered in the blockchain. Now in 2019, some public institutions worldwide have decided to make official records through the blockchain and the United States has been a pioneer in this activity. According to an article published by the Associates Press (AP) news agency, it was known that some counties in the state of Nevada are using the best known online registry book in the world to store digital versions of birth and marriage certificates. “The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that as of December in Washoe County, about 950 couples had received secure digital marriage certificates to home computers and smartphones since the program debuted in April 2018,” reads the memo published b...

Users can earn cryptocurrencies through their Smartphone

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By Moris Beracha .- Many people who are not familiar with the technology and the world of cryptocurrencies can believe it is very expensive to acquire a token; however, mechanisms such as mobile mining can help you obtain benefits through smartphones. Users of computers with Android operating systems can download mining applications from their store called Google Play, which simply work with leaving the mobile device on and connected to a Wi-Fi network. Some of these apps, which are usually free, can fulfill their function perfectly, being able to mine cryptocurrencies from a cell phone, but it is very important to verify very well who is the programmer of the app that will be installed, since many scammers are infecting with malwares, some of these programs and the economic benefits can shift to another side. For iPhone and iPad users, unfortunately there is bad news, because there are virtually no applications that help exploit cryptocurrencies sinc...