Thursday, March 4, 2004

Fingerprints now required for US visas

Your profile on a a database a breach of your privacy

United States consulates in Australia have begun taking fingerprints from Australians applying for visas.


The embassy says the use of two fingerprints on visas adds to the international program of biometric face recognition being put into new passports.

[But there is a great risk the authorities will use your fingerprint profile to frame you.]

Australia's US consular coordinator Sylvia Johnson says the identity of Australian visa holders will be checked against a data base of the electronic fingerprints when they arrive in America.

"I can say the US Government is very strict and really protects the privacy of the information that they store on individuals, whether they are citizens of not. The US data bases are very, very closely held," she said.

[Just plain rubbish the US government are war criminals and very corrupt. No one should trust them at all.]

By Privacy 4 March 04

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