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Biometric Passports Agreed To In EU

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-into-the-scanner dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Parliament has signed up to a plan to introduce computerized biometric passports including people's fingerprints as well as their photographs, despite criticism from civil liberties groups and security experts who argue that the move is flawed on technical grounds. (Back in 2005 Sweden and Norway began deploying biometric passports.)"

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  1. All your fingerprints by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    are belong to US, I mean EU.

  2. Re:Disabled people = 2nd class citizens by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    except the blind!

  3. A necessity by Lavene · · Score: 5, Funny
    I think this is good since it helps stopping terrorists and pedophiles. Terrorists and pedophiles are constantly crossing the borders to terrorize us and molest our children. Terrorists and pedophiles. Terrorists and pedophiles.

    By giving up my privacy I help catch the terrorists and pedophiles. By registering my fingerprints and DNA I help catch the terrorists and pedophiles.

    The terrorists and pedophiles are everywhere. They must be stopped and in order to do so I must let the government read my e-mail, follow my web browsing, track my phone calls. It's the only way to stop the terrorists and pedophiles.

    By protesting you support the terrorists and pedophiles you damn pedophile terrorist. If you're not with your government you're with the terrorists and pedophiles.

    Terrorists! Pedophiles! Everywhere!!

    Must... give... fingerprint... to... stop... terrorists and pedophiles.

    1. Re:A necessity by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's what a terrorists would say to deflect suspicion. Or a pedophile.

  4. Re:dumb sheep by JasterBobaMereel · · Score: 3, Funny

    It just seems that who ever I vote for, some idiot politician gets elected anyway ...

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  5. Re:dumb sheep by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 2, Funny

    The EU turned me into a newt!

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    "It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."