Originally Posted by
GUWonder
For example, there are at least a hundred thousand currently valid EU passports where the fingerprint data stored on the passport chips will automatically fail to match requested fingerprint scans of the passport bearer's fingerprints. Cause: right-hand fingerprints got stored as left-hand prints or left-hand prints got stored as right-hand prints.
That has a very easy fix. You put your left-hand finger when requested the right-hand and vice-versa. Or you design a software that checks the fingerprint versus both right- and left-hand prints.