Your fingerprints are everywhere

Your fingerprints are everywhere
Scott Granneman, 2005-06-15

How much do you trust your government? That's a question that all of us have to ask, perhaps the more often the better. Thomas Jefferson, one of the founders of the United States and its third President, wrote to Abigail Adams in 1787 sentences that may seem incredible to many people today:

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-16
Matthew Murphy (1 replies)

A fantastic article. A break from the typical IT focus, but very refreshing. I enjoyed reading it....

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Re: Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-22
FS

I enjoyed the article. Being a security specialist, I can understand. However, we do not need to give up liberties for security. The real security is in those liberties....

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-16
Mitch

This started a long time ago. An intelligent reading of the Bill of Rights and a knowledge of history explain just what was meant by the 2nd amendment. And yet no one cares. And now after 40 years of the gov't convincing people to give up liberty for safety a different ox is gored and another gro...

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Your fingerprints are everywhere: The novel 2005-06-18
H

Write that book, i'd buy it!...

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-20
Anonymous

it has to start someplace...
it has to start somehow...
what better place than here?
what better time than now?

I'm also reminded of the Benjamin Franklin quote "he who will trade his liberties for security deserves neither and shall receive neither"

it is up to us to do something if we wan...

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Re: Waste 2005-06-21
Anonymous

It's been madness for quite some time. We are well beyond approaching it. We've sped past it on a bright sunny afternoon while shifting to a higher gear! --EG...

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-22
Robert

Great article as always from Mr. Granneman. But it's a sad commentary of people's ignorance toward this subject when I'm only the sixth person to comment in as many days.

"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and I did no...

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-22
Matt

Actually, the Patriot act DOES NOT permit acces to library records without a court order, though some agencies might try to do so....

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-24
Other Side (1 replies)

Great article, thank you Jeff H. for emailing it to me(even though your email title was somewhat misleading). I am not going to advocate the Patriot Act or any other measures taken by the government to "protect it's citizens", I just would like everyone to look at this issue from the other prospect...

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Re: Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-25
Anonymous

I beg to differ...

The government does not "do things to the best of it's ability". It does whatever it damn well pleases, and that usually involves doing whatever will most directly benefit whoever happens to be in charger of a particular part of it. This often is based on getting re-elected, so...

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Your fingerprints are everywhere 2005-06-28
Mike

Great story, but some assumptions are old and no longer accurate. For example, the assumption that fingerprint scanners are easily fooled. This points to a 2002 article citing one man's attempt to fool an unamed group of scanners. I doubt his gummi bear trick would work against the newer generation ...

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