would you be for or against finger printing everyone and having it on file?

Question

say your car gets broken into and they manage to pull a finger print... but cant identify it because the person has never commited a crime before. your **** out of luck until they get caught.
or say your mother gets killed. same situation.
would you be willing to give up some of your privacy for a safer place to let your children grow up?

Answer 1

Some may consider it an invasion of privacy. If there is a need for specific people to have finger prints taken, that is a different matter.

I was in the military and had a security clearance, as a result, I had my finger prints taken. People in certain professions also have their fingerprints taken: I think that includes people in banks and the investment securities business as well as teachers.

People who need background investigations must have fingerprints taken as part of a background investigation. However, for the general public, it is a waste of time and money. If a person is suspected of a crime, sure, take his fingerprints and compare them to those taken at a crime scene. For everybody else, back off. You have no need to take everybody's fingerprints.

Answer 2

Hey, I've got an idea. Let's tatoo little I.D. numbers on everyone, and implant 'Blue-Tooth' chips into their bodies. That way, we will always know where everyone is...

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? What makes you think that you can trust a total stranger with this information? Look at it this way.

You have a fight with a boyfriend. To get even, he goes out and breaks his own car window. Then, he calls the cops. The cops fingerprint the vehicle and find your prints on it. They show up at your place of business, and question you in front of your co-workers.

"I didn't do it," you say.

"Well, your fingerprints were on the vehicle. Witnesses say that you and he had a fight the night that this happened. I'm sorry, you'll have to come downtown. We have a detective that wants to speak with you."

This is the BEST CASE SCENARIO for what it would mean to universally fingerprint everyone. If you think that all cops are 'nice' check out these links, and remember. It only takes one bad apple to make someone's life a living hell.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/lapd-m13.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaHyuWgir8U

I'll draw your attention to the fact that the cop in the YouTube video uses pepperspray on a minor without calling for backup, regardless of the fact that she posed no physical threat to him. Do you want a guy like that digging into your personal life?

Answer 3

I'm for fingerprinting, but for a different reason. So often when people go missing or have accidents it is hard to identify them. Having everyone's fingerprints on file would save a lot of heartache in certain situations like locating a missing child or identifying bodies after a natural disaster.

Answer 4

The only people who are truely against things like this are the fringe libritarians, criminals, and the uninformed.

There is NO such thing as right to privacy especially once you leave your personal space and even your personal space can removed with probable cause.

Edit: I love how Hollywood has puts fear into people about hackers connecting to the system and changing it. These systems don't have to be connected to the internet. There are several Military networks set up to put things like these in and if something is truely encrypted well you cannot hack it. Not this 128 bit encryption stuff they used for the internet. Encryption is far better than it has ever been. No more left shifting and right shifting.

Answer 5

Hello,,against finger printing, against computer chip implants,against "DNA" identification, against bar coding people. Say you have your prints on file and some hacker changes the identification to make it look like your mother was the criminal,,teach your children right from wrong ,and how to shoot straight and they will be in the safer place.

Answer 6

Against. What happens if someone hacks into the database and gets copies of everyones fingerprints? You know its bound to happen. It would be as bad as counterfeit money.

Answer 7

its ok if its' volunary. It would make identity theft much easier as all records can be stolen. Personally, my fingerprints, like my body and thoughts are my own business and I'm not willing to share them with anyone.

Answer 8

NO, everyone should not be fingerprinted, it's a violation of our privacy, and how do you KNOW that it's not going to be used for other reasons???

Answer 9

this is a tough one, because finger prints can be planted (or atleast every tv show and movie would like us to think so, *you can pick up a print on tape (like scotch tape) and place it somewhere else*)

if the shows and movies are wrong i would support it.

Answer 10

Yes, I would.