Originally Posted by
divemistressofthedark
I'm sorry, but I just have a real problem with allowing government access to intimate features of my actual physical being.
How do YOU suggest that you be allowed to prove you are who you say you are? Biometrics are the most secure way to prove identity.
Originally Posted by
divemistressofthedark
Crafting a massive database trove of valuable information will present an almost irresistible temptation to some Fed to misuse it. How'd you like your entire credit history & background to be provided to some corporation b/c they made a giant campaign contribution to Candidate X? I'd bet any amount of money that will happen if this goes through.
The data is already there. You're just deluding yourself if you think it isn't. Read up more on companies like ChoicePoint and other data aggregators. And the Feds already buy from them. Your credit card company sells them your purchases. Your supermarket savings club sells them your data. They get it from everyone. And sell it to everyone. Unless you're going completely off the grid, not traveling by air, and living a cash only life then there's already a TON of data about you for those willing to pay for it.
Originally Posted by
divemistressofthedark
You're 100 times more likely to be hit by lightning than to die in terrorist incident. I just don't see the point.
This is why I think the TSA should just give up and go back to keeping guns off of planes. But as long as they insist on doing what their doing I want them to do it smarter.