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Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:41:59 GMT
That _is_ bad. :-/ Shades of Gattica... - ferg -- Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu> wrote: 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 sons or daughters 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
[snip] -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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- Re: [privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks Fergie (Sep 09)
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