Kids getting fingerprinted every day at schools now? wtf?
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http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article2434942.ece
"Almost six million children at 17,000 schools could have their fingerprints taken, intensifying fears of the growth of a "surveillance society" where personal information is gathered from cradle to grave.
As soaring numbers of schools require pupils to have biometric checks to register in the morning, buy canteen food or borrow a book, it emerged that less than one-quarter of local education authorities have banned collecting fingerprints.
The rest either allow it or have no policy on the issue, potentially enabling headteachers to gather biometric data from about 5.9 million English schoolchildren as young as four without telling their parents."
more:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.leavethemkidsalone.com/images/fingerprint.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.leavethemkidsalone.com/guidance.htm&h=384&w=371&sz=72&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=T9dcfFcdOSN8lM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dschools%2Bfingerprinting%2Bchildren%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
"Almost six million children at 17,000 schools could have their fingerprints taken, intensifying fears of the growth of a "surveillance society" where personal information is gathered from cradle to grave.
As soaring numbers of schools require pupils to have biometric checks to register in the morning, buy canteen food or borrow a book, it emerged that less than one-quarter of local education authorities have banned collecting fingerprints.
The rest either allow it or have no policy on the issue, potentially enabling headteachers to gather biometric data from about 5.9 million English schoolchildren as young as four without telling their parents."
more:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.leavethemkidsalone.com/images/fingerprint.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.leavethemkidsalone.com/guidance.htm&h=384&w=371&sz=72&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=T9dcfFcdOSN8lM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dschools%2Bfingerprinting%2Bchildren%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
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I don't understand the justification for the fingerprinting....
edit: oh, here it is - "Tony Blair has said he wants all youngsters monitored for signs of criminality." well that makes perfect snese....WTF is going on, and why is the UK always on the forefront of this big brother shit?
how these policies continue to be unrolled is pretty interesting to watch...
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Big deal?
I never needed to get fingerprinted multiple times a day as a kid in school...did you? You think kids do now for some particular reason? Legitimately?
I hope not.
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Where does it say that the kids are getting fingerprinted multiple times a day? It states that they are scanned for attendance and to check out books. Is this invasive, or just a technological advancement of what schools have been doing forever (roll call, lbrary check out, grades, etc.) What type of information are they going to derive from these younsters that could be so damning? Johhny Smith checked out Harry Potter three weeks in a row, That little bastard must be a wizard in training!
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Don't forget the text messages. If you don't check in on time your parents get a text message.
It's insane. Fingerprints? What the hell is wrong with a little card?
"Tony Blair has said he wants all youngsters monitored for signs of criminality."
Why let's put a chip in them. Put more cameras on the streets as well.
And what will happen to the fingerprints after they leave school? And how can this even happen without parents knowing about it?
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Check in, library, lunch room, I was reading to even get on the school bus in a non related article. It's just keeps increasing once the sensitivity to it is gone.
I fail to see the reason and necessity all of the sudden. It's a desensitization to collecting personal information. Why children?
Don't you see that? Can you see that?
I bet you have an air miles card and like the concept.
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Then maybe you can enlighten me on why this is a good idea.
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and i really have no prob with school using my kids fingerprint as id or to assess fees, etc. nor do i have a prob with my kids fingerprint being on file...in case they ever get snatched or something happens. sure a little card could work...but kids lose them on a regular basis. my daughters lost her school id 3 times. it gets expensive paying for replacements. she cant lose her fingers quite as easy.
as for text messages, parents have been called....then in later years, emailed when kids weren't there. i don't see a prob there either. especially if your lil darlin is skipping school and the PARENT is the one who will have to go to court and pay fines if the kid is considered truant. my daughters high school this year changed the truancy level....3 unexcused absences is truant...6 is 'habitual truancy'. i'd kill her if i had to go to court over her skipping.
Faking fingerprints is pretty easy. I saw em do it on mythbusters.
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I'm sorry but I just cannot believe there are people who actually support this.
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Again, I ask you, what personal information can be derived from seeing that they checked into the library, school bus, etc.? Schools have been doing a form of this for as long as I can remember, this is more advanced. Is it excessive? Possibly. But what do you fear this will lead to? As far as the reasoning behind it. Other than keeping tabs on students who have to be in class at certain times, couldn't these logs be helpful if God forbid, one of these kids are kidnapped? Having had a family member who was kidnapped and murdered, I appreciate how important timing is on the recovery of a person.
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if your child was kidnapped and that one fingerprint could identify them and be returned to you; would you object? if the neighbour killed your child and a fingerprint taken years earlier could identify the murderer; would you object?
i'm not sure which bit you're objecting to. you haven't identified the BAD portion of fingrprinting. most banks require a fingerprint to cash government checks. some states require fingerprints on drivers licenses. you can't go through life hiding your fingerprint so if there's good that can come from collecting fingerprints from children; what's the problem?
I think Roland is suggesting it is a system being put in place to desensitize later in life the concept of electronic ID. Up to and including, as Blair has stated, DNA databases. For everyone.
What purpose does it serve, really?
Or should I ask "who's" purpose does it serve?
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Because we are in an ever evolving world. I didn't have a school ID until 7th grade. Had one every year after that and only pulled it out to get discounts at certain stores.
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Why not just insert a chip under their skin?
And what this will lead to? I don't know a whole generation that is used to being fingerprinted everywhere they go. There are already eye scans too. Eventually it will lead to an Orwellian world. This generation won't have a problem with chipping everyone at birth and that's when you lose your freedom.
By the way, oh gee, a child skipping school, the horror!
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Techology is evolving, but so what? The world remains relatively unchanged. Forever.
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Will it be a good thing once they have the entire population of the worlds finger prints?
If the world was run by decent honest people it wouldn't be a problem but there will always be someone to exploit the information. Weather they are goverment or just someone working in the goverment with access to the information. It's a double edged sword.
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I understood what he was saying, but in the context of what the fingerprints are being used for in schools (attendance, library, etc.) where is the harm. Does he, or you for that matter, actually believe that people in the world are so apt to become lemmings that if any government was to switch the fingerprinting basis to include tracking, and dna, that we would just fall in line because we were "desensitized" by lunchtime check-in. If your answer is yes, I understand why you or Roland would be concerned. I know some people who won't use their savings club card at the grocery store because then their purchases can be tracked. Folks, unless Safeway starts selling child porn I couldn't care less if they know that on the second Friday of every month I buy bean dip and Cheetos.
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Ok, mr hides from the government. Do you want an ID chip under your skin?
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the world is a different place now. when i was a kid the parents looked out for every child. people now-a-days don't have a responsability to community. people don't want to get involved. young kids are committing murder and other crimes.
i remember being stopped by the police because i was near a robbery. i had an ID and was soon on my way. if i didn't have an ID i would have been taken to the police station until i could be identified.
Again I ask, what good does it do? Everything was fine before all this tracking BS. Why wouldn't it be fine without it?
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You're right, a child skipping school is no big deal. But, again, schools have been tracking attendance forever. It has not led to an Orwellian world. I don't know what generation you are referring to that wouldn't have a problem inserting a chip into everyone at birth. I do find it comical that is your end result to schools fingerprinting kids for the reasons mentioned.
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The world is the same as it ever was. That others are trying to impress you any differently should tell you something about ...
take a guess.
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i challenge you to find ONE law that says it's illegal for a person to disapear.
We're a different generation, of course. If you grow up with this shit it might be very different.
"They already have our fingerprints, man. They don't do anything with them. They've got better things to do than track losers like us, man. What harm could a chip do? What if your child was kidnapped, wouldn't you be happy your child had a chip?"
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