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U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports
lemist writes "Cross Match has rolled out digital fingerprinting at major airports in the United States according to MSNBC. It's designed to increase border security. They appear to be using Cross Match's Verifier 300 LC. Note that the actual capture of the fingerprint requires no interaction with the device. It determines when the image quality is excellent and grabs it."
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Now, all we need to do is to have terrorists send us in a copy of their finger prints so we can keep em on file.
Please excuse our xenophobic and jingoistic tendancies. Ya'll have a nice day now!
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The Department of Homeland Security put out a PDF leaflet about the program, which contained their normal, almost incomprehensible pictograms like those on ready.gov
I thought they needed some better, and funnier, subtitles.
Digital fingerprints? That's redundant. Fingers are also called digits.
How ya like dat?
When you get offered five fingers wrapped in a latex glove in return!
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Aren't all fingerprints digital?
Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur (anything said in Latin sounds important)
One problem is that even if you can correctly identify every single person entering the country, you can't stop any terrorists until they have a known terror record.
Still, this should effectively put a stop to anyone attempting their second suicide bombing! And that's no worse than most of these anti terror programs.