Re: A question for all my fellow (and fellowess) El-Reg readers.
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... opposed to something like a central bio-metric database. Can I ask why you feel that way?
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Because you cannot trust any government - least of all a government that is yet to be elected. Learn the lessons of history - how many governments have misused their power to the detriment of some or all of their citizens? From minor annoyances such as suddenly finding your insurance has skyrocketed because the police sold the DNA database to insurance agencies who analyse the data for people who have a genetic propensity to certain medical conditions, to genocide when a future extremist government decides to lock up everyone with DNA suggesting a Middle Eastern origin (it's been done before by a democratically elected government). Then there's the possibility of the government making draconian laws that you may well want to break.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
