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FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping
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| iclone |
| no, wait. really? um... |
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| Elec |
My bad on the repost, first time it said I couldn't post so I figured it didn't get posted...
So nobody really cares about this? |
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| idoru |
| Have patience. You posted this at 9PM PST, so most of the active users are probably asleep. We do work during the day. :p |
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| donnybrasco |
Let's see;
We've already got our fingerprints and mug-shots on file with the DMV (the state).
Most of us have Passports with an equal amount of information on file with the Federal Government.
Banks and Credit Cards companies have some, or all, of the same information on file as well, and we're worried about what exactly?
We live in a world where being identifiable is what allows us to function safely, including protecting our assets from being stolen by Identity Thieves. I, for one, WANT to be properly identifiable for all the POSITIVE reasons that it entails.
The ACLU is worried about "privacy". :rolleyes: Please.
So would everyone rather we DON'T use new technologies that may help us track Terrorists and Criminals better, all because we feel some imaginary need to remain completely anonymous? Why? It's not true as it stands right now anyway. And what purpose would it serve the average person anyway?? |
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| Zharen |
| quote: | Originally posted by donnybrasco
We live in a world where being identifiable is what allows us to function safely, including protecting our assets from being stolen by Identity Thieves. I, for one, WANT to be properly identifiable for all the POSITIVE reasons that it entails. |
Just because you wish to be identifiable doesn't mean everyone wants to be. That should be decided by the people. If they wish for their information to be publicly displayed by other institutions, corporations, etc, then that's their right. But this should not be a mandatory decision forced down on every American citizen.
| quote: | | So would everyone rather we DON'T use new technologies that may help us track Terrorists and Criminals better, all because we feel some imaginary need to remain completely anonymous? Why? It's not true as it stands right now anyway. And what purpose would it serve the average person anyway?? |
The last time I checked, anonymity wasn't imaginary. Again, that's not for you to decide the fate of everyone else's privacy rights. While there may be some benefit in aiding law enforcement to track down terrorists and criminals, there's also a higher risk of abuse by these authorities. You're putting an awful lot of trust in hoping that someday, the same information that is supposed to help you isn't used against you. Bank accounts and SSN's are one thing, but being constantly monitored by RFID chips and infrared scanning devices are another. Why do I wish to have every move I make be scrutinized and monitored by a government known to lie about everything? For safety? What, I'm going to trip and fall on a sidewalk and they'll come rushing in bringing the first aid and a stretcher? I don't buy it. I don't need their kind of "protection," nor do I want it. It's this kind of complacency and short sighted thinking that's going to turn our Republic into a dictatorship.
| quote: | They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin |
I'm sure Mr. Franklin would be quite ashamed at seeing how many of you are eager to give up your freedom for protection from "Terrorists." |
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| rewind_plz |
| Soon they will demand nipple prints. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| quote: | Originally posted by donnybrasco
The ACLU is worried about "privacy". :rolleyes: Please.
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| idoru |
LOL @ "anal cavity." |
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| donnybrasco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
Just because you wish to be identifiable doesn't mean everyone wants to be. That should be decided by the people. If they wish for their information to be publicly displayed by other institutions, corporations, etc, then that's their right. But this should not be a mandatory decision forced down on every American citizen.
The last time I checked, anonymity wasn't imaginary. Again, that's not for you to decide the fate of everyone else's privacy rights. While there may be some benefit in aiding law enforcement to track down terrorists and criminals, there's also a higher risk of abuse by these authorities. You're putting an awful lot of trust in hoping that someday, the same information that is supposed to help you isn't used against you. Bank accounts and SSN's are one thing, but being constantly monitored by RFID chips and infrared scanning devices are another. Why do I wish to have every move I make be scrutinized and monitored by a government known to lie about everything? For safety? What, I'm going to trip and fall on a sidewalk and they'll come rushing in bringing the first aid and a stretcher? I don't buy it. I don't need their kind of "protection," nor do I want it. It's this kind of complacency and short sighted thinking that's going to turn our Republic into a dictatorship.
I'm sure Mr. Franklin would be quite ashamed at seeing how many of you are eager to give up your freedom for protection from "Terrorists." |
If you think you're anonymous in this day and age, you're delusional.
What are you fighting for exactly? Some imagined anonymity that doesn't exist anyway? |
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