USA Will now Require 10 Fingerprints?
Mar 22, 2007, 9:26 am
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USA Will now Require 10 Fingerprints?
"The US will increase the amount of information it holds on foreign visitors when it takes all 10 fingerprints from air travellers rather than the usual two.
Currently foreign travellers must have their index fingers scanned into a database when they enter the US by agents of the Department of Homeland Security. Those prints can then be checked against a database of fingerprints held by police forces or the FBI.
That number will increase to all 10 fingerprints on a trial at 10 US airports. It is planned that the programme will be in place in all airports in around a year, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph."
Read the rest here:
http://www.theregister.com/2007/03/2..._fingerprints/
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
Currently foreign travellers must have their index fingers scanned into a database when they enter the US by agents of the Department of Homeland Security. Those prints can then be checked against a database of fingerprints held by police forces or the FBI.
That number will increase to all 10 fingerprints on a trial at 10 US airports. It is planned that the programme will be in place in all airports in around a year, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph."
Read the rest here:
http://www.theregister.com/2007/03/2..._fingerprints/
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
Mar 22, 2007, 3:38 pm
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What happens to those with missing digits or worn fingers? I've been involved with two situations where visas (in this case) were denied because of very well worn fingers (one was a drummer).
Unless if you dont have those either.
Mar 27, 2007, 4:12 am
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What will they want next? Body cells? Hair?
Some day they will end up putting data implants inside our bodies.
That day I will refuse to fly. I will travel by ship.
But maybe it will be the same when I get to the port.
Or else I will avoid going anywhere on the U.S. territory.
Some day they will end up putting data implants inside our bodies.
That day I will refuse to fly. I will travel by ship.
But maybe it will be the same when I get to the port.
Or else I will avoid going anywhere on the U.S. territory.
Mar 27, 2007, 9:30 pm
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What will they want next? Body cells? Hair?
Some day they will end up putting data implants inside our bodies.
That day I will refuse to fly. I will travel by ship.
But maybe it will be the same when I get to the port.
Or else I will avoid going anywhere on the U.S. territory.
Some day they will end up putting data implants inside our bodies.
That day I will refuse to fly. I will travel by ship.
But maybe it will be the same when I get to the port.
Or else I will avoid going anywhere on the U.S. territory.
If they were to do it, they would be doing not only at airports, but also at seaports and land-borders. I have totally no idea what these guys are doing. In a rough comparison, they want to completely seal their store because very few of their customers are robber. I wonder if any "customer" wants to visit this store when they are treated like .... at the enterance.