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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by tajen on Friday December 02, 2016 @05:56PM (#13093058)
Can you please remind me what is the problem with fingerprints? It's not akin to searching for furry porn on your computer and blaming it as child porn depiction – Fingerprints don't link you to supposed-crimes-that-everyone-has-done. Is it the same topic as privacy?
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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by icebraining on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:24PM (#13093183)
Fingerprints don't link you to supposed-crimes-that-everyone-has-done.

No, but they might link you to real crimes that you didn't actually commit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Mayfield

Having a huge database encourages this kind of sweeping searches, wherein false positives become very likely.

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Re:Canadian journalist's detention at US border raises press... by chinathrow on Saturday December 03, 2016 @09:02AM (#13095677)
The problem is that you and everyone else will be a suspect.
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