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No thanks - I'd rather a criminal have to know my number before he can steal my money.
 
Biometrics is the way to go and is used widely here by employers for attendance which is linked to payroll.
 
No thanks - I'd rather a criminal have to know my number before he can steal my money.

I'm with you on this. I don't like biometrics due to the large level of databasing abuses which will occur when it's aggregated to a high enough level.
 
All passports isued in the U.S. use the technology.
 
No thanks - I'd rather a criminal have to know my number before he can steal my money.
I'd rather people read an article before commenting on it.
 
I'm with you on this. I don't like biometrics due to the large level of databasing abuses which will occur when it's aggregated to a high enough level.
What does "databasing abuses" mean exactly?
 
All passports isued in the U.S. use the technology.

I got my passport previous, though when I renew it will not be that way. I don't think we should really allow it. Too much potential for abuse.
 
I'd rather people read an article before commenting on it.

LOL

Well how about: I'd rather my physical self not need to be present if someone's going to thieve my money.
 
I got my passport previous, though when I renew it will not be that way. I don't think we should really allow it. Too much potential for abuse.

The whole idea of biometrics is to prevent abuse. We use biometric passports here and it's swift immigration clearence too. I just scan my passport on the machine reader with my thumbprint and I am cleared in 15 seconds.
 
I don't think we should really allow it. Too much potential for abuse.
You've still not explained what abuses this system is open to? Your response sounds like irrational fear of the new and unknown at the moment.
 
How many science fiction movies have you seen where a guy's eye is gouged out so it can be scanned (Demolition Man), or a guy's hand is cut off so it can be scanned? And half the plot in Gattaca is getting around biometrics.
 
I'm fine with it. Although I would also support having card readers still installed in case someone prefers that.

When I took the PCAT I had to get a photo taken, signature captured, have every finger print registered, and have the vein pattern in my palms scanned and registered. When leaving and coming back my palm vein pattern and photo ID had to be verified...

Stuff like this already goes on, I don't see any major room for potential abuse.
 
How many science fiction movies have you seen where a guy's eye is gouged out so it can be scanned (Demolition Man), or a guy's hand is cut off so it can be scanned? And half the plot in Gattaca is getting around biometrics.
Well if your basis is science fiction, they just need a geeky computer "hacker" to plug a laptop in to a random phone socket since they can take control of any computer system in 30 seconds (all while using a flashy but impractical user-interface).

Back in the real world, all this demonstrates is how much more effort and commitment would be necessary to circumvent biometric security. After all, if you're a criminal willing to start hacking limbs off, you can probably make a lot more money than the typical daily limit on a cash machine.
 
I got my passport previous, though when I renew it will not be that way. I don't think we should really allow it. Too much potential for abuse.

Put it in the microwave for a bit.
 

The lower type of criminal thugs kill for very little money, haven't you watched the news?
 
The lower type of criminal thugs kill for very little money, haven't you watched the news?
Please stop being wilfully ignorant.

Which is easier; Threatening someone to get their PIN then stealing their card or threatening someone to get their PIN then stealing their hand?
 
Im sure nobody would notice the SEVERED HAND
 
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