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Thumbprints Used To Check Books Out of School Library
krou writes "Junior students at Higher Lane Primary in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, are in a trial of a system that uses their thumbprints to check out and return books from a library. The thumbprints are 'digitally transformed into electronic codes, which can then be recognized by a computer program.' The system was developed by Microsoft, and is being trialled elsewhere in the country. NO2ID condemned the system, saying it was appalling, and that 'It conditions children to hand over sensitive personal information.' The headmaster has defended the scheme, saying, 'We have researched this scheme thoroughly. It is a biometric recognition system and no image of a fingerprint is ever stored. It is a voluntary system. The thumbprint creates a mathematical template. All parents have been written to and we have told them what the system is all about. From the responses we have had there has been overwhelming support. We hold a lot of information about children because we are a school. This is no different.'"
Hidden agenda?
If they want your fucking finger print they can get it from any of the several thousand other impressions you make during the day. From the desk you were sitting at, the papers you turn in, the locker door you open, the toilet you flush.
You're finger print is hardly 'sensitive private information' considering you leave it ALL OVER THE PLACE.
If this scares you, you're retarded, ignorant, and stupid. Yes, paranoid is in there somewhere too, but the others rate far higher on the list of your issues than it.
Its just a different form of library card that doesn't require you to carry ANOTHER card with you since everyone one freaks out and is afraid that one card would make it easy to figure out what you do, we can't just use one card. Too bad you can just do a couple google searches and compile the list anyway.
If someone is going to 'watch you', they'll do it regardless of if you use a card, a signature, or a thumb print to check out your 'how to get laid on slashdot' rags from the local library.
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what the hell is wrong with a HORSE. hasnt this been working for years. if you cant keep up with a horse drawn carriage you might have problems later on in life. further than that why not just use the FEET of the person who has to walk. IDIOTS!