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The Dutch government is batting 10 for 10 when it comes to pushing through legislation that mocks the idea of privacy openly. Another stellar idea they had: gat

The Dutch government is batting 10 for 10 when it comes to pushing through legislation that mocks the idea of privacy openly. Another stellar idea they had: gather fingerprints for every single person in the country and store them in a central database. I know it sounds like a bad joke, but it's not (http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/09/fingerprints_included_in_dutch.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/09/fingerprints_i...). The law was passed without any problem, and only now privacy groups are fighting back. It's scary when your government is so obviously looking out for itself, rather than you, and failing to even see the difference. After all, what's good for the government is good for the people, eh?

jacquesm 17y ago
I've already decided to literally give them the finger when the time comes to renew my passport.
Keyframe 17y ago
Honest question, can you or someone explain to me why is fingerprinting everyone bad? And if so, how does it weigh against benefits that gives to effectives of police? Where I live we all have unique citizen no.'s and fingerprinting is mandatory when issuing an ID card (also mandatory) for I believe 60 years already, and no problem whatsoever.
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- eru 17y ago
  Where?
  - Keyframe 17y ago
    Croatia, and before that ex Yugoslavia.
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  - smokey_the_bear 17y ago
    California also requires a fingerprint to get a driver's license
barredo 17y ago
This it's been done with every newborn in a few European states for a few years
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