Originally posted by HS Thomas:
The US have/will soon start finger-printing their visitors. Does this make for better security ?
I suppose carrying a security pass into work does add an element of security.
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When I was in college I worked for the Post Office during Christmas vacation. (Good money, boring job.) In order to get the job I had to be fingerprinted. My fingerprints are in the national registry of fingerprints. I certainly don't care.Originally posted by Tim Baker:
The same sort of thing has happened in the UK where you're fingerprinted if you are arrested and the police can keep your fingerprints even if your not charged or convicted. I think this kind of treatment is pretty poor.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I would much prefer having been fingerprinted than having some guy pat me down.
Originally posted by Tim Baker:
Personally if I thought by going to America I would be fingerprinted when I get there I probably wouldn't go. It's basically being treated like a criminal.
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Actually, finger prints never change. I was watching one of theose "cold case" shows and they caught a guy for murder 20 years later based on a fingerprint because the guy had applied for federal job and ended up in the national registry.Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Pretty sure fingerprints don't stay the same over time either, as I've never heard that it has been used in forensic evidence decades later.
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