If you read the entire article, you would have noticed that the hosting company was notified on several occasions and did not comply with the requests. To me, that is a blatant violation of any number of rules, and I have no sympathy for them.
I am no fan of the DMCA, or any of the related think of the children laws, but in this case, the hosting provider screwed up.
On the other hand, I can also see LV going after people selling legit LV products below the cost that LV thinks those products should be sold at... That would be abuse of the laws, but I doubt it would stop them.
I am.. unfortunately.. but hey, it pays the bills.. Well, I am an auditor when I am not doing security pen testing and network defense.. but thats besides the point.
Audits are generally point in time, you certify (I would not call the people who audited fairpoint auditors, more like observers) that the system (the one you actually put your hands on, and validated the configurations and controls.. yes I know FISMA is a joke...) is in compliance with whatever criteria was used during that audit, at that time. It is not going to be compliant a week later after 50 patches were released and the client did not test and install, or mitigate.
The point being, not all auditors are idiots.. many are, but not all.
First off, incoming calls are not free, well it depends on the carrier, but ATT, Tmobile, Verizon and Sprint, you pay for both incoming and outgoing.
Your free calling statements, are not really free, they are built into the pricing structure of the plan, another reason why the plans are more costly.
Unlimited SMS is not free, its a addon that you pay for, ATT for example is $20 for unlimited, $5 for 200 Data is not unlimited, it is capped at 5G a month for nearly all of the cellular providers in the US (Soft cap for now)
Also, the price point does not change if you bring your own phone to the table rather then paying for the subsidized one.
I have to say, thats a big no no as well. In fact most of the facilities in the DC area will confiscate and destroy portable data devices (yes that can include ipods and such).
While they no doubt have actual products based on those patents, looking at when they applied for the ones that resemble wall, sms, email, instant messaging and other similar technologies, it appears that they started applying for many of them around 2000ish... that is long after those services I listed were in existence. They do seem to have a few valid patents though, one involving travel reservation system and such that was filed in 1988, although I have not looked into the details of that patent. They have so many.
Either way, I won't go so far as stating they are patent trolls, but at the same time, they have some pretty obvious patents that never should have been granted in the first place.
I realize you may have a temper.. but in all honesty.. what could occur to send you into such a rage. I suspect at that point, unless you get angry for no reason, that if you are getting that angry, it may be time to discuss parting ways. I am not trying to be funny here, I mean my wife and I have had are fair share of heated fights, but never to the point where I or she was about to explode and where something physical may occur and by that I do not mean make up sex, but that requires me, or her to just walk away,
I heard someone say on the news story last night (WTOP in the DC area, was listener call in's): "Soldiers are here to defend democracy, not practice it"
Now I do not necessarily agree with that statement, I am just saying its something I heard that provokes some thought on the matter.
Personal equipment is not permitted on any DoD network by policy, only GFE (Government Furnished Equipment) is permitted. However, depending on the technical solutions in place, it may be possible to connect anything you want, but that could result in severe repercussions should the user get caught.
I can tell you that the major DoD facilities in the Washington DC area use port security and disable all ports by default, only enabling them when needed after the appropriate change request has been made and approved, with justification provided.
As for the original post, it is the Marines network, they can chose whatever to permit or deny at their own discretion, limited personal use is a luxury on government (and even corporate) networks, not a right. If they want, they can remove all outside access, and there is nothing you can do about it, short of quitting (not really an option for some military folks).
Also, as someone else stated, social network sights can result in breaches of security, even unintentional, but at the same time, so can most forums of any type (car, geek, hobby, etc). The ideal solution is of course training your personnel, but sometimes, even the best measures will fail, humans are not perfect, so the best way to prevent disclosure (not to mention that all those lovely facebook apps have access to all your personal info which in of itself could be conceived as a risk depending on your rank or position) or possible infection (how many virus's/trojans have been released due to advertiser sites being compromised, but in that case, it also affects every other site that uses the advertiser), is to remove the potential threat.
Do you really think anything will be free... The cost of jet fuel has dropped over the last couple of years significantly, yet plane ticket prices have not, more to the point, they keep adding fees, and some just upped the cost to check luggage..
The wireless industry is no different, look at the number portability fee, it was originally meant to be a temporary fee to cover the initial cost of ramping up the centers and equipment needed to support number portability, guess what, we are still paying it.
Nothing will change, they will still jack up the prices, and find some random reason to justify it. Yes since LTE is packet based, the cost of Data, Voice and Texting should be a one price deal, but they will still charge for each separately at inflated rates, just like they do now.
While you are correct, you do not need an iphone, you also will not really find any cheap phones for $40, even the go phones are $60, but then again, that is a $20 difference, not a 400 difference.
That being said, the cheapest Nokia handset is the 3110, and its $99 unlocked. If you want any features outside of normal SMS and phone calls, then that number goes up drastically.
Unlocked phones are expensive, even the cheap ones are still expensive.
The purpose of the iphone though (since you used it as an example), is the integrate the devices you use. So sure, you just spent $40 on a cheap phone, then you go out and spend $300 on an ipod, , there goes you savings.
No, that is technically not correct, although it does happen in the real world. The whole purpose of the ETF (which varies these days on provider, I know ATT is pro rating based on how long you have been on contract) is to recoup the cost of the subsidized device you bought from them, in exchange for a 2 year contract.
Like I said though, what something was meant for, and what it is actually being used for, are two totally different things.
Now I am not going to get into the fact that they abuse the ETF, for people like me who bring their own phones to the table and just purchase a contract, I still get screwed by the ETF....
What I would like to see is someone put the smack down on providers who lock their devices, and then refuse to provide the unlock once you have completed the 2 year term (or 1 year) of your contract. Once you are no longer under contract, you should be able to do whatever the hell you want, or if you pay the unsubsidized price. While Tmobile will do this, ATT will flat out refuse to for whatever reason you can think of, they will say no, so in the end if you want to change providers, you have to purchase a new device, thats absolute crap.
You would think that I would have known this.. seeing as I studied Electrical Eng in South Africa... oh well..
And technically, while it is 50Hz, the voltage is actually a range between 220/230, although some areas actually peak out at 250 (Port Elizabeth, where I grew up is one of them)
Whether or not he is an idiot is irrelevant to his comment. The fact of the matter is he is correct. There is a huge problem in South Africa where people are literally cutting down high voltage and low voltage (phone) cables and selling them for scrap (and yes, many people die cutting those lines). On top of that, they do like to steal power, especially in townships where you can see ad hoc cabling running from nominal voltage transmission lines (220v60Hz) to the shacks they live in.
The fact that this link is live, will have no bearing on internet in the countryside... The problem is the local infrastructures in those remote "village" locations.
Btw, I spent 16 years in South Africa, I grew up there, there are plenty of remote areas that have no real infrastructure (that includes sewage, running water, power, telephone etc etc), and considering South Africa is probably the most advanced of the countries on the Southern African continent, who knows how much worse it is in the other countries.
That all being said, there is alot of cellular coverage across the entire continent, so its not completely cut off. The other problem of course are the local telco monopolies, Telkom in South Africa is not exactly consumer friendly.
I actually do not trust my own wireless. For that matter, it runs only as an access point, provides no routing, no switching, no nothing, other then bridging the wireless to the wired network. All of the wireless clients are required to use openvpn to pass the firewall, otherwise they get nothing, so while I do use WPA, I technically have no need for it, and could leave my wireless open, all they will see is my openbsd gateway.
Not sure why this was modded funny, since there is a huge winmo population of phones... granted across different manufacturers, but the underlying code is the same.
Then, in addition to WinMo, there is Symbian, aren't all nokias symbian based.. thats millions of phones...
While it may be a public service, the internet side of things generally are not, its considered value added services. All the BBC needs to do is find another service provider for the data side of things. My guess is that if they did switch, and BT decided to filter BBC traffic, BT's customers that really want BBC, will jump to another provider very quickly.
So stop complaining.... Seriously, whether or not we like the current policies, they are in place, and when you purchased your iphone originally, you agreed to it.
Here is my issue, if they are going to charge existing customers full priced, then the phone should be unlocked, plain and simple. But ATT and its shitty policies won't even let you unlock your phone after your contract has expired....
You are correct, the inspector would be liable, not only for the failure of the bridge, but for failing in his duties as the concrete used was inferior... The big difference, its not hard to test concrete, that is one aspect of bridge building... In IT, its completely different, its not tangible (well in some cases like physical security it is), but an inspector or auditor could have done his job perfectly fine, and things still went wrong as IT rules and policies, and configurations, and patches, and things like that change all the time..
Sure the company could have followed the steps, patching everything that needed it keeping up with security updates etc etc.. well guess what, sometimes those security updates cause problems, sometimes those patches cause problems. Unless your going to pay the auditors to run a compliance check after every change you make, they are not going to be responsible.
The big difference, the cost of land is a significantly higher then the cost of a domain, registering a domain for $15 and sitting on it trying to sell it for $5000, is wrong if then intent is to register 1000's of domains and sell them for profit, especially when many of those domains are not even paid for and are just domain tasting (google it, I am not going to explain it).
If you want to spend a few million dollars on 1000's of various physical properties, thats a different story, you put out the money, its an investment in something tangible, domains are not physically tangible and cost almost nothing.
You are completely wrong, the only portion of DHS that has anything to do with illegal aliens, is ICE (Imigrations and Customs enforcement), and CBP (Customs and Border Patrol).
DHS was formed so that the various security, intelligence and law enforcement groups would fall under a central command rather then each doing their own thing, which was a waste of time, money and resource duplication.
You should remove the tin foil hat and do some research before making such blatant statements.
There are over a dozen other groups within DHS who have nothing to do with illegals.
Here is the list...
The Directorate for National Protection and Programs works to advance the Department's risk-reduction mission. Reducing risk requires an integrated approach that encompasses both physical and virtual threats and their associated human elements.
The Directorate for Science and Technology is the primary research and development arm of the Department. It provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland.
The Directorate for Management is responsible for Department budgets and appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance, procurement; human resources, information technology systems, facilities and equipment, and the identification and tracking of performance measurements.
The Office of Policy is the primary policy formulation and coordination component for the Department of Homeland Security. It provides a centralized, coordinated focus to the development of Department-wide, long-range planning to protect the United States.
The Office of Health Affairs coordinates all medical activities of the Department of Homeland Security to ensure appropriate preparation for and response to incidents having medical significance.
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is responsible for using information and intelligence from multiple sources to identify and assess current and future threats to the United States.
The Office of Operations Coordination is responsible for monitoring the security of the United States on a daily basis and coordinating activities within the Department and with governors, Homeland Security Advisors, law enforcement partners, and critical infrastructure operators in all 50 states and more than 50 major urban areas nationwide.
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center provides career-long training to law enforcement professionals to help them fulfill their responsibilities safely and proficiently.
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office works to enhance the nuclear detection efforts of federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments, and the private sector and to ensure a coordinated response to such threats.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for protecting our nationâ(TM)s borders in order to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nationâ(TM)s border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security.
The United States Coast Guard protects the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interestsâ"in the nationâ(TM)s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for hazards, manages Feder
While I do not necessarily agree with the whole fingerprinting thing (I personally do not care about myself as my prints are on record all over the place through my work with the gov and my various clearances), it has its place.
The US does have an immigration problem. I, like many others, don't have a problem with the immigrants themselves, come to the country through legal channels, get your visa, abide by the laws and so forth and we will get along just fine (and I am not even talking about taking jobs from citizens at this point). But there is a huge problem involving illegals and crime, when a citizen gets arrested, they get fingerprinted, makes it easier to find them again if they commit a crime. Well, now you have the illegals coming and going, they get printed, if a crime occurs, they will be able to match the prints at the crime to that of an individual who exited who could be illegal, or not.
really its just a way to create a massive print database, which I do not have an issue with, there has to be a way to identify people, and I prefer prints over DNA. Every country has the right to reliably identify the people in the nation, if you can think of a better way, I am all ears.
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If you read the entire article, you would have noticed that the hosting company was notified on several occasions and did not comply with the requests. To me, that is a blatant violation of any number of rules, and I have no sympathy for them.
I am no fan of the DMCA, or any of the related think of the children laws, but in this case, the hosting provider screwed up.
On the other hand, I can also see LV going after people selling legit LV products below the cost that LV thinks those products should be sold at... That would be abuse of the laws, but I doubt it would stop them.
Your obviously not an IT Auditor...
I am.. unfortunately.. but hey, it pays the bills.. Well, I am an auditor when I am not doing security pen testing and network defense.. but thats besides the point.
Audits are generally point in time, you certify (I would not call the people who audited fairpoint auditors, more like observers) that the system (the one you actually put your hands on, and validated the configurations and controls.. yes I know FISMA is a joke...) is in compliance with whatever criteria was used during that audit, at that time. It is not going to be compliant a week later after 50 patches were released and the client did not test and install, or mitigate.
The point being, not all auditors are idiots.. many are, but not all.
You are completely wrong...
First off, incoming calls are not free, well it depends on the carrier, but ATT, Tmobile, Verizon and Sprint, you pay for both incoming and outgoing.
Your free calling statements, are not really free, they are built into the pricing structure of the plan, another reason why the plans are more costly.
Unlimited SMS is not free, its a addon that you pay for, ATT for example is $20 for unlimited, $5 for 200
Data is not unlimited, it is capped at 5G a month for nearly all of the cellular providers in the US (Soft cap for now)
Also, the price point does not change if you bring your own phone to the table rather then paying for the subsidized one.
I have to say, thats a big no no as well. In fact most of the facilities in the DC area will confiscate and destroy portable data devices (yes that can include ipods and such).
While they no doubt have actual products based on those patents, looking at when they applied for the ones that resemble wall, sms, email, instant messaging and other similar technologies, it appears that they started applying for many of them around 2000ish... that is long after those services I listed were in existence. They do seem to have a few valid patents though, one involving travel reservation system and such that was filed in 1988, although I have not looked into the details of that patent. They have so many.
Either way, I won't go so far as stating they are patent trolls, but at the same time, they have some pretty obvious patents that never should have been granted in the first place.
With regards to point no. 4
I realize you may have a temper.. but in all honesty.. what could occur to send you into such a rage. I suspect at that point, unless you get angry for no reason, that if you are getting that angry, it may be time to discuss parting ways. I am not trying to be funny here, I mean my wife and I have had are fair share of heated fights, but never to the point where I or she was about to explode and where something physical may occur and by that I do not mean make up sex, but that requires me, or her to just walk away,
I heard someone say on the news story last night (WTOP in the DC area, was listener call in's): "Soldiers are here to defend democracy, not practice it"
Now I do not necessarily agree with that statement, I am just saying its something I heard that provokes some thought on the matter.
Personal equipment is not permitted on any DoD network by policy, only GFE (Government Furnished Equipment) is permitted. However, depending on the technical solutions in place, it may be possible to connect anything you want, but that could result in severe repercussions should the user get caught.
I can tell you that the major DoD facilities in the Washington DC area use port security and disable all ports by default, only enabling them when needed after the appropriate change request has been made and approved, with justification provided.
As for the original post, it is the Marines network, they can chose whatever to permit or deny at their own discretion, limited personal use is a luxury on government (and even corporate) networks, not a right. If they want, they can remove all outside access, and there is nothing you can do about it, short of quitting (not really an option for some military folks).
Also, as someone else stated, social network sights can result in breaches of security, even unintentional, but at the same time, so can most forums of any type (car, geek, hobby, etc). The ideal solution is of course training your personnel, but sometimes, even the best measures will fail, humans are not perfect, so the best way to prevent disclosure (not to mention that all those lovely facebook apps have access to all your personal info which in of itself could be conceived as a risk depending on your rank or position) or possible infection (how many virus's/trojans have been released due to advertiser sites being compromised, but in that case, it also affects every other site that uses the advertiser), is to remove the potential threat.
Do you really think anything will be free... The cost of jet fuel has dropped over the last couple of years significantly, yet plane ticket prices have not, more to the point, they keep adding fees, and some just upped the cost to check luggage..
The wireless industry is no different, look at the number portability fee, it was originally meant to be a temporary fee to cover the initial cost of ramping up the centers and equipment needed to support number portability, guess what, we are still paying it.
Nothing will change, they will still jack up the prices, and find some random reason to justify it. Yes since LTE is packet based, the cost of Data, Voice and Texting should be a one price deal, but they will still charge for each separately at inflated rates, just like they do now.
While you are correct, you do not need an iphone, you also will not really find any cheap phones for $40, even the go phones are $60, but then again, that is a $20 difference, not a 400 difference.
That being said, the cheapest Nokia handset is the 3110, and its $99 unlocked. If you want any features outside of normal SMS and phone calls, then that number goes up drastically.
Unlocked phones are expensive, even the cheap ones are still expensive.
The purpose of the iphone though (since you used it as an example), is the integrate the devices you use. So sure, you just spent $40 on a cheap phone, then you go out and spend $300 on an ipod, , there goes you savings.
No, that is technically not correct, although it does happen in the real world. The whole purpose of the ETF (which varies these days on provider, I know ATT is pro rating based on how long you have been on contract) is to recoup the cost of the subsidized device you bought from them, in exchange for a 2 year contract.
Like I said though, what something was meant for, and what it is actually being used for, are two totally different things.
Now I am not going to get into the fact that they abuse the ETF, for people like me who bring their own phones to the table and just purchase a contract, I still get screwed by the ETF....
What I would like to see is someone put the smack down on providers who lock their devices, and then refuse to provide the unlock once you have completed the 2 year term (or 1 year) of your contract. Once you are no longer under contract, you should be able to do whatever the hell you want, or if you pay the unsubsidized price. While Tmobile will do this, ATT will flat out refuse to for whatever reason you can think of, they will say no, so in the end if you want to change providers, you have to purchase a new device, thats absolute crap.
You would think that I would have known this.. seeing as I studied Electrical Eng in South Africa... oh well..
And technically, while it is 50Hz, the voltage is actually a range between 220/230, although some areas actually peak out at 250 (Port Elizabeth, where I grew up is one of them)
Whether or not he is an idiot is irrelevant to his comment. The fact of the matter is he is correct. There is a huge problem in South Africa where people are literally cutting down high voltage and low voltage (phone) cables and selling them for scrap (and yes, many people die cutting those lines). On top of that, they do like to steal power, especially in townships where you can see ad hoc cabling running from nominal voltage transmission lines (220v60Hz) to the shacks they live in.
The fact that this link is live, will have no bearing on internet in the countryside... The problem is the local infrastructures in those remote "village" locations.
Btw, I spent 16 years in South Africa, I grew up there, there are plenty of remote areas that have no real infrastructure (that includes sewage, running water, power, telephone etc etc), and considering South Africa is probably the most advanced of the countries on the Southern African continent, who knows how much worse it is in the other countries.
That all being said, there is alot of cellular coverage across the entire continent, so its not completely cut off. The other problem of course are the local telco monopolies, Telkom in South Africa is not exactly consumer friendly.
You assume that our justice system makes sense.
I actually do not trust my own wireless. For that matter, it runs only as an access point, provides no routing, no switching, no nothing, other then bridging the wireless to the wired network. All of the wireless clients are required to use openvpn to pass the firewall, otherwise they get nothing, so while I do use WPA, I technically have no need for it, and could leave my wireless open, all they will see is my openbsd gateway.
Sorry, had not had my caffeine yet, no sense of humour till after.
Not sure why this was modded funny, since there is a huge winmo population of phones... granted across different manufacturers, but the underlying code is the same.
Then, in addition to WinMo, there is Symbian, aren't all nokias symbian based.. thats millions of phones...
While it may be a public service, the internet side of things generally are not, its considered value added services. All the BBC needs to do is find another service provider for the data side of things. My guess is that if they did switch, and BT decided to filter BBC traffic, BT's customers that really want BBC, will jump to another provider very quickly.
So stop complaining.... Seriously, whether or not we like the current policies, they are in place, and when you purchased your iphone originally, you agreed to it.
Here is my issue, if they are going to charge existing customers full priced, then the phone should be unlocked, plain and simple. But ATT and its shitty policies won't even let you unlock your phone after your contract has expired....
You are correct, the inspector would be liable, not only for the failure of the bridge, but for failing in his duties as the concrete used was inferior... The big difference, its not hard to test concrete, that is one aspect of bridge building... In IT, its completely different, its not tangible (well in some cases like physical security it is), but an inspector or auditor could have done his job perfectly fine, and things still went wrong as IT rules and policies, and configurations, and patches, and things like that change all the time..
Sure the company could have followed the steps, patching everything that needed it keeping up with security updates etc etc.. well guess what, sometimes those security updates cause problems, sometimes those patches cause problems. Unless your going to pay the auditors to run a compliance check after every change you make, they are not going to be responsible.
The big difference, the cost of land is a significantly higher then the cost of a domain, registering a domain for $15 and sitting on it trying to sell it for $5000, is wrong if then intent is to register 1000's of domains and sell them for profit, especially when many of those domains are not even paid for and are just domain tasting (google it, I am not going to explain it).
If you want to spend a few million dollars on 1000's of various physical properties, thats a different story, you put out the money, its an investment in something tangible, domains are not physically tangible and cost almost nothing.
WTF.. modded troll????
What is inflammatory about my above statement...
You are completely wrong, the only portion of DHS that has anything to do with illegal aliens, is ICE (Imigrations and Customs enforcement), and CBP (Customs and Border Patrol).
DHS was formed so that the various security, intelligence and law enforcement groups would fall under a central command rather then each doing their own thing, which was a waste of time, money and resource duplication.
You should remove the tin foil hat and do some research before making such blatant statements.
There are over a dozen other groups within DHS who have nothing to do with illegals.
Here is the list...
The Directorate for National Protection and Programs works to advance the Department's risk-reduction mission. Reducing risk requires an integrated approach that encompasses both physical and virtual threats and their associated human elements.
The Directorate for Science and Technology is the primary research and development arm of the Department. It provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland.
The Directorate for Management is responsible for Department budgets and appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance, procurement; human resources, information technology systems, facilities and equipment, and the identification and tracking of performance measurements.
The Office of Policy is the primary policy formulation and coordination component for the Department of Homeland Security. It provides a centralized, coordinated focus to the development of Department-wide, long-range planning to protect the United States.
The Office of Health Affairs coordinates all medical activities of the Department of Homeland Security to ensure appropriate preparation for and response to incidents having medical significance.
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is responsible for using information and intelligence from multiple sources to identify and assess current and future threats to the United States.
The Office of Operations Coordination is responsible for monitoring the security of the United States on a daily basis and coordinating activities within the Department and with governors, Homeland Security Advisors, law enforcement partners, and critical infrastructure operators in all 50 states and more than 50 major urban areas nationwide.
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center provides career-long training to law enforcement professionals to help them fulfill their responsibilities safely and proficiently.
The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office works to enhance the nuclear detection efforts of federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments, and the private sector and to ensure a coordinated response to such threats.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) protects the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for protecting our nationâ(TM)s borders in order to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nationâ(TM)s border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security.
The United States Coast Guard protects the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interestsâ"in the nationâ(TM)s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for hazards, manages Feder
Its probably a two fold or more approach.
While I do not necessarily agree with the whole fingerprinting thing (I personally do not care about myself as my prints are on record all over the place through my work with the gov and my various clearances), it has its place.
The US does have an immigration problem. I, like many others, don't have a problem with the immigrants themselves, come to the country through legal channels, get your visa, abide by the laws and so forth and we will get along just fine (and I am not even talking about taking jobs from citizens at this point). But there is a huge problem involving illegals and crime, when a citizen gets arrested, they get fingerprinted, makes it easier to find them again if they commit a crime. Well, now you have the illegals coming and going, they get printed, if a crime occurs, they will be able to match the prints at the crime to that of an individual who exited who could be illegal, or not.
really its just a way to create a massive print database, which I do not have an issue with, there has to be a way to identify people, and I prefer prints over DNA. Every country has the right to reliably identify the people in the nation, if you can think of a better way, I am all ears.