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Considering you need to provide fingerprints to request all sorts of documents, what would the government be able to do that they aren't already able now? Here
by elros 11y ago
Considering you need to provide fingerprints to request all sorts of documents, what would the government be able to do that they aren't already able now?
Here's a list of documents you need to provide fingerprints, off the top of my head:
– National identity card (RG), mandatory for all citizens over 18 years of age;
– Military conscription certificate (CAM), mandatory for all male citizens over 18 years of age;
– Voting card (Título de Eleitor), mandatory for all citizens between 18 and 65 years of age, encouraged for all citizens over 16;
– Employment record book (Carteira de Trabalho), mandatory for any formal employment;
– Passports
Also, as of at least three years ago in the state of Rio de Janeiro, some of these were already computerized.
- speeder 11y agoIn my state these were all just printed on the document (at least last time I had to make documents). You cannot "hack" a piece of paper easily... But with mandatory vote + mandatory fingerprint to vote, you just turn that database in a giant juicy target, an attacker can be sure that all voters will have fingerprints there.
- _asummers 11y agoDo you have any assurances your paper documents were not immediately scanned? Do you know what kind of access controls are enforced on the file cabinet they're stored in? Are they susceptible to a janitor who gets approached by a shady dude with a briefcase of money? The larger point I'm trying to make is that this is no longer something you have control over and have no guarantees about who else has a copy of it, and therefore should not be relying on it being kept secret, and moreover should assume it has been compromised.
- a3n 11y ago> Considering you need to provide fingerprints to request all sorts of documents, what would the government be able to do that they aren't already able now? If they already have fingerprints, and now fingerprints are suddenly required for voting, that makes election fraud easier for the government.