[privacy] US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks

[Dave Dittrich]

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 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> From:           	"Richard M. Smith" <rms at 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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> 
> --
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Dave Dittrich                          Information Assurance Researcher,
dittrich at u.washington.edu              The iSchool
http://staff.washington.edu/dittrich   University of Washington

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