FBI wants massive biometrics database Options

[Spectatrix]

Scary stuff.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/fbi.biometrics/index.html

The FBI already has 55 million sets of fingerprints on file. In coming years, the bureau wants to compare palm prints, scars and tattoos, iris eye patterns, and facial shapes. The idea is to combine various pieces of biometric information to positively identify a potential suspect.

[The Fanatic]

Cat, why should Americans have faith in the people that claim to represent their best interest? Especially given all the lies, corruption, mud slinging and outright disregard for the common working class and middle class American. Trust leads to blind obedience and naive notions that governments operate on a rational and just system. Men have power are like all men; they have their own ambitions, needs, desires, and agendas that come before the whims of constituents back home. I actually completly disagree with you. As Americans we should trust that the system in which we elect our officials will give us the ability to oust those men in favor of men more competent to serve our needs, but a belief in the good nature of government and the men within that system is foolish. In fact, it is our obligation to question government and keep them in check so that those men do not abuse the power given to them to circumvent our rights.

Think about it for one second. surveillance and tracking of a state's citizens is every governments wet dream. The goal of government is to maintain order which by extension maintains the ruling classes and those that are ruled. And what better way to achieve that is there? If you can keep track of what people buy, their physical characteristics, sexual preferences, disorders, location, etc then you can also dictate indirectly how that individual behaves and effectively maintain the order and agenda that any government may hold.

This post has been edited by The Fanatic: Feb 4 2008, 05:02 PM