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Title: FBI Wants to Remove Privacy Protections from its Massive Biometrics Database Post by: Evildrum on May 31, 2016, 10:44:52 PM Quote EFF and 44 Other Organizations Call for More Time to Respond FBI NGI Face Recognition IllustrationSince 2008, the FBI has been assembling a massive database of biometric information on Americans. This database, called Next Generation Identification (NGI), includes fingerprints, face recognition, iris scans and palm prints—collected not just during arrests, but also from millions of Americans for non-criminal reasons like immigration, background checks, and state licensing requirements. Now the FBI wants to exempt this vast collection of data from basic requirements guaranteed under the federal Privacy Act—and it’s giving you only 21 business days to object. Today, EFF, along with 44 other privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights organizations, sent a letter to the FBI demanding more time to respond. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/fbi-ngi-privacyact More information on the link. The idea that we are just going to keep up giving liberty for a greater good is bullshit and if you cant see it now you never will. Title: Re: FBI Wants to Remove Privacy Protections from its Massive Biometrics Database Post by: virtualx on May 31, 2016, 11:57:07 PM Quote EFF and 44 Other Organizations Call for More Time to Respond FBI NGI Face Recognition IllustrationSince 2008, the FBI has been assembling a massive database of biometric information on Americans. This database, called Next Generation Identification (NGI), includes fingerprints, face recognition, iris scans and palm prints—collected not just during arrests, but also from millions of Americans for non-criminal reasons like immigration, background checks, and state licensing requirements. Now the FBI wants to exempt this vast collection of data from basic requirements guaranteed under the federal Privacy Act—and it’s giving you only 21 business days to object. Today, EFF, along with 44 other privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights organizations, sent a letter to the FBI demanding more time to respond. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/05/fbi-ngi-privacyact More information on the link. The idea that we are just going to keep up giving liberty for a greater good is bullshit and if you cant see it now you never will. |