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Originally Posted by smbx33
I would feel so much safer knowing everyone's fingerprint, retinal, and personal information was in one GIGANTIC database....but everyone would start crying if that were to happen.
The minute people feel like they cant hide something they start crying "omg our rights of privacy are being taken away.."
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To be fair, it is an issue of possesion. Surely your body is your own and something so personal and unique such as your DNA / fingerprint / retina should be yours to have the right to divulge or not. I don't have to explain to the the government where the birthmark is on my body and describe it in explicit detail in order to identify myself - so why should I have to give my DNA? It is really no different.
Just because it's not harming you doesn't mean it's acceptable. The government hijacking your
personal information is a form of control. While I think it is perfectly acceptable if someone has commited a crime, to have a system to keep tabs on all your citizens seems a bit too orwellian for my liking.