From: droelke@rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com (Daniel R. Oelke)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 05:30:39 +0800
To: qut@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Defeating fingerprints
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> > 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@aud.alcatel.com                             Richardson, TX