Did Oceania Have This?

[Tim Strzechowski]

Fingerprints Required To Buy School Lunch

"Akron students will be fingerprinted beginning this fall to identify them in school lunch lines.

[...]
"Students' fingerprints will be put into a scanner that will make a template of binary numbers corresponding with the unique swirls and arches of each print. When students go through the lunch line, they will place their finger on a scanner that will identify them based on the stored template."

Full story at:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/5957915.htm


Methinks it's a pretty sneaky, invasive way to create a database. My kids would be bringing their own lunches to school.

Tim


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