UK Students Protest Biometric Scanner Move

Presto Vivace writes that the UK's Newcastle University is instituting a finger-print based attendance system. From the linked article: "University students may have to scan their fingerprints in future — to prove they are not bunking off lectures. ... Newcastle Free Education Network has organised protests against the plans, claiming the scanners would 'turn universities into border checkpoints' and 'reduce university to the attendance of lectures alone.'" The system is supposed to bring the university "in line with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and clamp down on illegal immigrants."

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[sabri]

Mod parent up.

I have been saying this in earlier news about the UK's police state as well: avoid the damn country like the plague. They have more CCTV camera's than population and if it were up to the Brits, every citizen or tourist would be forced to give up their DNA at birth or when entering the country, after which they would be eligible to receive their GPS tracking collar.

While I like many of my British friends a lot, the country as a whole is a despicable state.