SealLion
20.09.15, 03:07
Came across this recently. This is mostly relevant to the Yanks on this continent. Though there's no suggesting this isn't relevant to non-Yanks. Either today or ...tomorrow.
In the last few years, FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile biometrics capabilities for “time-critical situations” through its Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC). But two new developments—both introduced with next to no media attention—will impact far more every-day Americans than anything the FBI has done on biometrics in the past.
What the article basically states is that persons, whether criminal or non-criminal, and having their fingerprints taken for background checks, will have those fingerprints stored permanently in database.
The link below is for Part I. The article also mentions that one of the problems with this new regulation and practice is this:
... The government should not collect information on Americans for a non-criminal purpose and then use that same information for criminal purposes—in effect submitting the data of Americans with no ties to the criminal justice system to thousands of criminal searches every day...
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-1
Part 2 is below:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-2
The second link discusses issues on facial recognition. Practices in many Western countries such as this are already practised. For example, with passport photos.
In the last few years, FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile biometrics capabilities for “time-critical situations” through its Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC). But two new developments—both introduced with next to no media attention—will impact far more every-day Americans than anything the FBI has done on biometrics in the past.
What the article basically states is that persons, whether criminal or non-criminal, and having their fingerprints taken for background checks, will have those fingerprints stored permanently in database.
The link below is for Part I. The article also mentions that one of the problems with this new regulation and practice is this:
... The government should not collect information on Americans for a non-criminal purpose and then use that same information for criminal purposes—in effect submitting the data of Americans with no ties to the criminal justice system to thousands of criminal searches every day...
.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-1
Part 2 is below:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/little-fanfare-fbi-ramps-biometrics-programs-yet-again-part-2
The second link discusses issues on facial recognition. Practices in many Western countries such as this are already practised. For example, with passport photos.