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Originally posted by Murundi
I just love people trying to be funny about something so devistating. When you can only get food, water, or anything for that matter by scanning your thumbprint, thats when its all over. This is just the first account, Alex was just talking about a K-Mart near him that has nothing but the self service checkout counters, where you can only use debit, credit cards and thumbscans to buy your goods. NO CASH. NO CASHIERS. how just wonderful. Just have to love this new freedom Americans are living under. I am so glad I am not in America.
Originally posted by Murundi
Drbryankkruta:
I wasn't talking about you, it was the funny man before you, I KNOW you know what is going on, your posts are always good to read, no offense was directed at you.
Originally posted by AlphaHumana
Gotta agree with Amuk, just another form of id that's more efficient and safe. (I forget where it was I read it but someone was afraid terrorists, criminals, etc. would just go around cutting off peoples' fingers to fool the scanner - this is silly because the new scanners require the finger be at body temperature range.)
I don't understand why people are so upset about being what they consider being "tracked." Why not have thumb scanners everywhere? Malls, airports, office buildings, stadiums? I have nothing to hide, I don't feel my privacy is being invaded - terrorists don't frighten me, but criminals do.
Originally posted by AlphaHumana
I would not object to having my dna on file, nor am I concerned with being ethnically cleansed. The only thing about having my dna on file that scares me is being cloned track me all you want, I'm sure it'll be entertaining.
Originally posted by AlphaHumana
I'm unsure of what you mean by "what if a clone was made so you could be taken out " Do you mean someone cloning me and then pulling a switcheroo by slipping me #2 in? If so, it'd take some amount of time for me #2 to catch up in age to me
Interesting point about the surgical removal (the concept is something along the lines of developing an organism, whatever that attacks people with certain traits in their dna?) If someone wanted to clone someone bad enough it'd be easy to get their dna in any number of ways anyway - why not catalog it all? I mean, they can get my dna from the saliva on the envelope I used to pay any of my bills, taxes, census forms.
Originally posted by skippytjc
I am actually not againt demanding a thumbscan. With all the office shooting and violence now days how can we afford not to be more secure? And a thumb scanner is a super secure way of making sure the right people are in the building.
And I need to point out: What is the guy hiding if he isnt willing to positivly ID himself to the company he has been working at for all those years? Mmmm...