Just heard a debate on the radio about a fitness gym using fingerprints as an ID for entrance. I've also heard of giving your fingerprint for use in banks, as a method for proof of identification. I personally have not given my fingerprint for anything but my drivers license, which was mandatory. I don't like the idea, and will not do that unless forced to...what are your thoughts, for or against? Reminds me of future microchips as means of payment in stores, etc...something else I will refuse to participate in, for health and privacy reasons.
Fingerprints as ID - Your Thoughts?
- Thread starter SeaBreeze
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rkunsaw
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- Clarksville, Arkansas,USA
I see no problem with it for things like drivers licenses and such. Any one who has been in the military has their fingerprints on file. I once bought a M-1 Garand from the government and had to be fingerprinted for that.
As for private businesses I'm not sure. It could protect your bank account if a person had to be fingerprinted to use a bank card.
As for private businesses I'm not sure. It could protect your bank account if a person had to be fingerprinted to use a bank card.
Ozarkgal
Senior Member
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- Deep in the Ozark woods
I don't like any deep personal information being handed out for casual business relationships. I once was applying for a Blockbuster account, and they wanted my SS#. Sorry, you don't get that just to rent a video. Also, all doctors' offices want your SS# on several different forms that you're required to complete. My concern is who has access to these forms.
However, privacy as we knew it in our time is now a thing of the past. If you do any business or social networking, you are giving tons of personal information, more personal than your SS# or fingerprints. Along with businesses, government agencies are scanning these sites for information about you.
Fingerprints will soon be a thing of the past, as DNA databases and retina scanning take their place. Retina scanning will be the new finger print of the future.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2010/08/19/retina-scanning-security-becoming-a-reality/
However, privacy as we knew it in our time is now a thing of the past. If you do any business or social networking, you are giving tons of personal information, more personal than your SS# or fingerprints. Along with businesses, government agencies are scanning these sites for information about you.
Fingerprints will soon be a thing of the past, as DNA databases and retina scanning take their place. Retina scanning will be the new finger print of the future.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2010/08/19/retina-scanning-security-becoming-a-reality/
That Guy
Homegrown Unknown
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- Monterey Bay
Uncle Sham has had my prints on file since birth. So, proving who I am this way is pretty much okay with me. Sure beats a subdermal silicon chip . . .
SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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- Pennsylvania, USA
I'll agree with the others that I'm not too concerned with fingerprints - it's implants or bar codes on my arm that bother me, and believe it or not there are people walking around with both.
Scary.
Scary.