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US Visitor Fingerprints To Be (Perhaps) Stored by FBI
stair69 writes "Since 2004 many visitors to the United States have had 2 fingerprints taken under the US-VISIT scheme. Now there are new plans to extend this scheme — under the proposal all 10 fingerprints will be taken, and they will be stored permanently on the FBI's criminal fingerprint database. The fingerprints will also be made available to police forces in other countries. The scheme is due to be introduced by the end of 2008, but it will be trialled in 10 of the bigger airports initially." Of course, it is worth pointing out that given the recent change in Congress, I suspect that a number of countries will get a "bye" on this round,
I hope that after a decade or so without another attack, we can keep the good border security and finally repeal some of the more obnoxious domestic laws.
-b.
Perhaps your guess is correct, but the very fact that they aren't led by a guy with worrying religious inspired idea's is an improvement at least.
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Well, I've had this fantasy of Active Census all during college. A census once every ten years was o.k. way back at the beginning of the country, but I think that we've got the tech to track everyone in realtime and collect the long form census information on everyone in realtime. Should we? Maybe not, but tracking DL, fingerprints, and DNA would be a part of my active census plan.
I'm sorry but it will be a cold day in hell before I turn over my fingerprints or DNA to any Government database.
I've seen this nifty little device that scans every license plate in four lanes of traffic and runs them all across NCIC or any other database you have for hits. I think that every cop car in the nation needs one of those. Only problem is that they are currently 25K-35K. If we can do something like that for lic. plates, why can't we do them for facial pictures? It would be much, much more difficult, but it would instantly identify those that are in the system already. Yeah, that tech can be abused, but what 1984 and others didn't think about is what happens when that tech becomes so cheap that I can afford it on my own car/person?
Indeed, what happens when it becomes that cheap? Then private companies get to start building databases of where I go and what I do? It already scares the hell out of me that my cellular company has the ability to build a database of my movements. I think there's need to strict privacy laws to limit what anybody (Govt or private) can do with this information.
I have a problem with that license plate system too because it seems to automatically assume that everybody on the road is guilty until proven innocent. What's wrong with making the cops wait until you do something to give them probable cause before they get to start profiling you and looking for wants/warrants/etc? If he catches me speeding then he can run my plate -- but if I'm obeying the law then I don't think he has the right to be looking at me.
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We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
And you're free to do so - thanks to the U.S. of A.
P.S. You're welcome.
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