Tag: biometrics
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Right On Schedule: Arizona Immigrant Law Energizes Hispanics, Dems
Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona’s harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.
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Lawmakers Eyeing National Biometric ID Card
Lawmakers are proposing a national identification card — what they’re calling “high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security cards” — that would be required for all employees in the United States. The proposal by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) comes as the states are grappling to produce another national identification card at…
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Germs May Blow the Whistle On Crooks One Day
Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away. It turns out the colonies of bacteria that live on people’s hands are highly personal to each individual.
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Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest
When it comes to civil liberties, the Obama administration has come under fire for often mirroring his predecessor’s practices surrounding state secrets, the Patriot Act and domestic spying. There’s also Gitmo, Jay Bybee and John Yoo.
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Congress Using Immigration to Push National Biometric ID Card
Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham have joined forces in an effort to force a biometric ID on the American people. The new national ID scheme is part of a comprehensive immigration bill now in the Senate.
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Police State Updates: Amalgam Arrow, Terror Drills & Biometrics
Paul Craig Roberts: The US is now a police state ‘National Level Exercise 2010’ Overview – May17-21: ‘NLE 10’ w/Domestic nuke scenario from socal martial law alerts: NLE 09 which occurred at the end of July last year, had an unprecedented amount of military movement and training for martial law. This year’s National Level Exercise…
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police state updates: emergencies, subversives & private arms collections
yes, america is still in an official state of emergency* go back to sleep, there’s no new world order* s. carolina now requires ‘subversives’ to register* homeschooling german family granted US asylum* video: eye scanner technology going to colorado police* suspicious subjects beware – citizens on patrol* residents fumed over weekend alcohol, firearm ban* pennsylvania…
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polish priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance
from reuters: A Polish priest has installed an electronic reader in his church for schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints in order to monitor their attendance at mass, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday. The pupils will mark their fingerprints every time they go to church over three years and if they attend 200 masses…
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defcon 12/12: regimes, lists, biometrics & privacy promis
how to shut down the ‘net: a guide for repressive regimes* will 2010 bring a wake-up call for cybersecurity?*fbi: 19,000 matches to terrorist screening list in ’09* bank firewalls cracked by cyberhackers*men charged with hijacking dod paychecks* apple loses $21.7m patent suit, appeal in progress*surgery fools japan’s fingerprint checks* radio nodes may succeed rfid tags*verichip’s…
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defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics
raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…



