Comments on: UK to fingerprint everyone

By: Jaed

Jaed — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:43:15 +0000

Isn’t it the USA which requires you to swipe your ID at the entrance to a bar…? How’s life going there…?

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:07:20 +0000

I can enter a pub without giving away my identity, too. Perhaps you’re entering wrong?

Also, have you considered getting a job at the Daily Mail?

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:13:17 +0000

Actually I think you will be able to walk down the street without being fingerprinted. I guess the trick is to not break the law, giving the police a reason to stop you and take your fingerprints.

I dunno though, maybe I’m missing something.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:54:06 +0000

Amongst the fingerprint scanning that is not recorded, and your use of the word hysteria in a sentence with a hysteria-filled second half, I really can’t find any mention of toilets anywhere. Disappointing.

I liked the part at the end of the BBC article where the civil liberties protester basically says: “The only thing protecting our civil liberties now is the law!!?!11eleven”

By: sheepeatingtaz

sheepeatingtaz — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:43:31 +0000

To be fair to this idea, they had a Policeman on BBC news this morning and he said that the fingerprints were taken, used to verify the identity of the person who has been stopped and then discarded (i.e. NOT stored in anyway). If this is truly the case, then I am actually in favour of the scheme, as the other point raised by the story is that 60% of people when stopped by the police will give a false name!