I have, but wish I hadn't. There was an ATM by my house that had a voice walk you through transactions (redundant to the commands on the monitor). For some unfathomable reason the recorded voice was a woman with a snobby sounding English accent (this was in upstate New York). It was so grating that after a while I started subconsciously avoiding that bank's ATMs.
The technology used for DNA matching is not fast enough or cheap enough for use in applications like ATM machines.
As far as needing blood to run a sample goes, them days are long over. I hate to sound like a conspiracy nut, but I am becoming uneasy about how powerful PCR technology is getting. These days DNA can be analyzed from samples as small as a couple dozen cells. The upshot of that you are leaving a trail of DNA breadcrumbs everywhere you go (mostly from the skin cells that are shed constantly).
Short of wrapping yourself in tyvek suit, there is really no way of preventing someone determined enough to do it from tracking your every move. With prosecutors like the diligent Mr. Starr on the loose, I find that to be an unpleasant thought.
"...not be distributed to anyone outside the bank"...until the bank is bought out by a bigger bank, or some other firm dying to get its hands on all that luscious consumer data. I for one am not looking forward to the time when I have to disclose biometric data just to get a $@!*&%-ing checking account.
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"AIDS causing HIV is a sham?" Did Koch's postulates get repealed recently, or did the men in the black helicopters share that little tidbit with you?
I have, but wish I hadn't. There was an ATM by my house that had a voice walk you through transactions (redundant to the commands on the monitor). For some unfathomable reason the recorded voice was a woman with a snobby sounding English accent (this was in upstate New York). It was so grating that after a while I started subconsciously avoiding that bank's ATMs.
The technology used for DNA matching is not fast enough or cheap enough for use in applications like ATM machines.
As far as needing blood to run a sample goes, them days are long over. I hate to sound like a conspiracy nut, but I am becoming uneasy about how powerful PCR technology is getting. These days DNA can be analyzed from samples as small as a couple dozen cells. The upshot of that you are leaving a trail of DNA breadcrumbs everywhere you go (mostly from the skin cells that are shed constantly).
Short of wrapping yourself in tyvek suit, there is really no way of preventing someone determined enough to do it from tracking your every move. With prosecutors like the diligent Mr. Starr on the loose, I find that to be an unpleasant thought.
"...not be distributed to anyone outside the bank"...until the bank is bought out by a bigger bank, or some other firm dying to get its hands on all that luscious consumer data. I for one am not looking forward to the time when I have to disclose biometric data just to get a $@!*&%-ing checking account.