Re: A question for all my fellow (and fellowess) El-Reg readers.
Can I just point out that at no point in my life have I given the Police, or the government, permission to scan and store my personal bio-metric details.
By what right do they claim these privileges?
What if I simply told you that I don't agree with the idea of storing bio-metric data and leave it at that? Someone might ask me why, but is that really any of your business? I have stated my position, I have no need to justify it because that implies you have a right to know why and that I'm arguing my case.
There should be no case. I have the right to go about my life unimpeded unless I transgress the laws of the land.
Obviously real life isn't so black and white, we do need our Police to be effective in order to keep the peace and nail the baddies - but what price are you willing to pay? What if others don't want to pay that price, will you make them?
If the answer to that last question is yes, then you are firmly on the path to a Police state, it's just a question of how far along you are at the moment.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
