Mostly I read the garbled rantings of my fellow slashdot comrades secretly shouting at idiotic comments and hoping they will not reproduce as well as ghost high-fiving those deserving a happy meal at Mc-E-D's. Not so this time - I felt obligated to speak out on anything type of information that can be collected that has to do with my finger prints, eye retina, or DNA:
How can anyone endorse this type of technology when the political and corporate powers to be have no moral boundaries in regards to personal information. Who will control the data? who will guarantee that the data is correct? Who will enforce laws concerning this type of technology? Who has the moral leadership to protect their power from their own organization. We as a society and as a species discriminate against each other based on our skin, religion, sex, weight, height - so how can we be responsible enough to handle this type of data? We can't - not at this stage...
And as for those of you who endorse a government-funded clearing house to store the information and then provide access to who ever they choose, I can't find a better reason for you to stick your head under the wheel of a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream delivery truck other than the comment that the government can be trusted.
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Mostly I read the garbled rantings of my fellow slashdot comrades secretly shouting at idiotic comments and hoping they will not reproduce as well as ghost high-fiving those deserving a happy meal at Mc-E-D's. Not so this time - I felt obligated to speak out on anything type of information that can be collected that has to do with my finger prints, eye retina, or DNA:
How can anyone endorse this type of technology when the political and corporate powers to be have no moral boundaries in regards to personal information. Who will control the data? who will guarantee that the data is correct? Who will enforce laws concerning this type of technology? Who has the moral leadership to protect their power from their own organization. We as a society and as a species discriminate against each other based on our skin, religion, sex, weight, height - so how can we be responsible enough to handle this type of data? We can't - not at this stage...
And as for those of you who endorse a government-funded clearing house to store the information and then provide access to who ever they choose, I can't find a better reason for you to stick your head under the wheel of a Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream delivery truck other than the comment that the government can be trusted.