Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

You think that's bad?

"Finger Scanning At Disney Parks Causes Concern"
http://www.local6.com/news/4724689/detail.html

Fsck off, Mickey. :-)

- ferg


-- "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

From:                   "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date sent:              Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:12:22 -0400

> Does anyone know what happens to the fingerprint images of the folks
who are not
> considered "terrorists"?  Are the images still retained in a database for
> possible future matching?

And, since terrorists sometimes operate in airports, then all
fingerprints of people 
who go through airports will be retained, and compared against ...

(I think I need to go lie down, now.)

Honestly, my first thought on reading this was that it was some kind of
hoax ...

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