Posted on 05/27/2006 6:14:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We used to fingerprint felons -- now, we're "inking" traffic scofflaws.
Run a couple of mph over the speed limit in the state of Kansas (or even fail to "buckle up for safety") and you'll be duly entered into the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's electronic fingerprint database -- a privilege once reserved for actual criminals, not ordinary citizens who commit minor violations of the motor vehicle code. KBI, authorized by the state government, will be "testing out" 60 automated fingerprint readers throughout the state beginning this month -- all of it funded by a $3.6 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
Who knew Kansas drivers were such an ominous lot?
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated aberrance. California began fingerprinting driver's license applicants as long ago as 1977 (when it was optional; it's now mandatory) and other states (Georgia, Colorado, Hawaii, Texas) routinely fingerprint motorists as well -- with digitized/electronic systems coming on line. Most of this is done at license issue time, however.
Kansas is the first state to run fingerprints during traffic stops.
Recently passed federal legislation will soon require all states to catalogue motorists' whorls and swirls (and other so-called "biometric tags," including eye scans) within the next couple of years.
Virginia and a few other states are looking at incorporating microscopic "radio frequency" ID transmitters into driver's licenses that would make it possible for anyone with the right scanner to download all your pertinent (and even not-so-pertinent) information -- without your even being aware of it. These RFID transmitters work sort of like those EZ-pass thingies some of us already have on our cars to help us breeze through tolls. Only in this case, it would be a matter of making it easier for government to breeze through our personal data.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
PING!
And remember, if you're doing nothing wrong, what is there to worry about? /s
Big brother is keeping tabs on everyone!
"How Creepy Can It Get?"
They're just getting started.
Fingerprinting during traffic stops? Why dont we give DNA samples as well??
Yea, I like to hear the superior ones say that.
Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do...
Anyway, coming to police state near you: full body cavity searches for jaywalking.
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom... but nobody's watching, or caring, anymore
Let's bumrush Kansas ;)
Maybe real American citizens will soon be able to enjoy the benefits of "catch and release" justice and 3 out 5 tax year payments. Nahhhhh, this sort of data collection will only put legal citizens more under the government thumb. Might as well police the law-abiding. Its easier.
to quote Bob grant: "The forecast is sick and getting sicker!"
Please don't give them any more ideas...
I heard they will be putting this info on our licenses here in MO, too. You know that black stripe on the back? Pretty soon they will swipe it during a traffic stop and now how much you owe Visa..
I disagree, this was started a long time ago, it's just now getting noticed.
Give it a couple of years. I have no illusions, obtaining the DNA of every American citizen is the goal.
666 is getting closer each and every minute it seems...
So what? Lawful gun owners in Massachusetts have to register with the state Criminal Records Bureau and cannot move without letting the state and local police know where they have moved to. You see, if you own a gun, you are automatically a criminal. Perhaps if enough people get fed-up with this crap things will change.
THe information on how to disrupt or destroy these will hit the Internet before the government can say "Big Brother".
For all you inhabitants of this brave new world out there - about 25 years three DEC mainframes running in a cluster could sort 250 million records in less that one second. This meant (among other things) that every man woman and child living in the US could be tracked by anyone with the desire. It also meant that financial transactions on a world wide basis could be tracked, if desired.
One wonders what is out there now with artificial intelligence and data base programs. As an aside, I also understood that the major commercial data bases could easily sort through 250 million records.
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