Did Oceania Have This?

[Terrance]

It's used extensively in Brazil, to combat fraud, terrorism, drug
trafficking, police and security corruption and the like. 

Real problems require innovative solutions and technology is providing
them. 

Thanks god your kids are safe and probably go out after supper and play
in the park. 
In parts of Brazil kids never learn to ride a bike because it's far too
dangerous to go out and play. Lula ain't no fascist. is he? 



Cross Match Providing Equipment To Interprint's ID Card Solution For
Government In Sao Paulo, Brazil Florida-Based Cross Match Technologies'
Live Scan System Adds Electronic Efficiency For Fingerprinting 20
Million Sao Paulo Residents 

http://www.findbiometrics.com/Pages/news_releases/archives/news202.html

BIO-key signs contract in Brazil

http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2003/05/26/daily39.html



> Tim Strzechowski wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
>