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

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

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 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

[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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