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Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks
From: Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:39:07 -0700
You think *that's* bad! I caught a program on TV last night about biometrics being used for kids to pay for meals in school. This way they can get *everyone's* fingerprints by the time they finish public school! http://www.biometricgroup.com/in_the_news/01_28_05.html http://www.findbiometrics.com/article/122 http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=4059 This last one has an interesting paragraph: “The system allows for real time inform parents in real time in order to take action and responsibility for their son’s or daughter’s absence from school,” said Youval Rasin, Joint CEO of BioGuard. “After only five months in our Singapore locations, schools are reporting high satisfaction from the use of the system. We expect more schools in Singapore, the UK and USA to join the initiative and install the system. The system could be connected to the school portal for overall convenience of all parties. We listen to our customers and continue to develop the product and other solutions for day-to-day life, convenience and safety.” Fergie wrote:
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 -0400Does anyone know what happens to the fingerprint images of the folkswho are notconsidered "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 ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org The best of seers is he who guesses well. - Euripedes Dictionary of Information Security www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4150 http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Richard M. Smith (Sep 08)
- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Sep 09)
- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Dude VanWinkle (Sep 09)
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- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Fergie (Sep 09)
- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Dave Dittrich (Sep 09)
- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Fergie (Sep 09)