Thread: FBI prepares vast database of biometrics

FBI prepares vast database of biometrics

The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.

Digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns are already flowing into FBI systems in a climate-controlled, secure basement here. Next month, the FBI intends to award a 10-year contract that would significantly expand the amount and kinds of biometric information it receives. And in the coming years, law enforcement authorities around the world will be able to rely on iris patterns, face-shape data, scars and perhaps even the unique ways people walk and talk, to solve crimes and identify criminals and terrorists. The FBI will also retain, upon request by employers, the fingerprints of employees who have undergone criminal background checks so the employers can be notified if employees have brushes with the law.

"Bigger. Faster. Better. That's the bottom line," said Thomas E. Bush III, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, which operates the database from its headquarters in the Appalachian foothills.

The increasing use of biometrics for identification is raising questions about the ability of Americans to avoid unwanted scrutiny. It is drawing criticism from those who worry that people's bodies will become de facto national identification cards. Critics say that such government initiatives should not proceed without proof that the technology really can pick a criminal out of a crowd.

Your tax dollars at work keeping you safe from freedom...

Originally Posted by Defensor

FBI prepares vast database of biometrics



Your tax dollars at work keeping you safe from freedom...

I read about this idea and other 'security measures' in a book called 'Illusions of Security' by Maureem Webb. A lot of protocols dealing with information sharing and storing is already in place between the US, Europe, and Canada. 1984 my friend.

They going to put eye scanners on the US / Mexican border?

They cant even manage to arm the National Guard there. I cant
see the use of better technology when you dont have the will, or
the balls, to use what you already have.

They need to keep an eye on you, track your every move, listen to every call, read every email, open your letters, after all it is a post 911 world. The haters of freedom are in the White House and on Capitol Hill, not some cave in the middle east.

Originally Posted by bla bla

They going to put eye scanners on the US / Mexican border?

They cant even manage to arm the National Guard there. I cant
see the use of better technology when you dont have the will, or
the balls, to use what you already have.

They will be everywhere.

Originally Posted by bla bla

They going to put eye scanners on the US / Mexican border?

They cant even manage to arm the National Guard there. I cant
see the use of better technology when you dont have the will, or
the balls, to use what you already have.

No, unfortunately "undocumented workers" from Mexico will be likely be denied this great privilege.

Originally Posted by michaelr

They will be everywhere.

lol, I need to change my name, and cut up my SS card to become
an illegal. It would be hard to trace me, hold me accountable for debts-
crimes- or taxes, and I could get free health care.

Originally Posted by Defensor

No, unfortunately "undocumented workers" from Mexico will be likely be denied this great privilege.

Of course they will be left out. You can only take freedoms away from
people who obey laws.

"Talk Shows On Mute"

Take a bow
Pack on powder
Wash 'em out with buzzing lights
Pay an audience to care
"Impress me" personality

Still and transfixed
The electric sheep are dreaming of your face
Enjoy you from the chemical
Comfort of America

Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

Quick, your time is almost up
Make all forget that they're the moth
Edging in towards the flame
Burn into obscurity

Still and transfixed
The electric sheep are dreaming up your fate
And judge you from the card castle
Comfort of America

Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

Your foundation is canyoning
Fault lines should be worn with pride
I hate to say it but
You're so much more
You're so much more
Endearing with the sound turned off

Here is the real question: I am a law abiding citizen. The only time the FBI has had any involvement in my life was when I joined the military and they did the background check for my clearance.

So, assuming that I continue to be a law abiding citizen, they need my information... why?