Submitted by Nicolas-matteo t3_122b6h0 in technology
LagSlug t1_jdqaoif wrote
Reply to comment by asdaaaaaaaa in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
I don't know about the rest of the nation, but every kid in my elementary school was fingerprinted. We were told it was in case of abduction. Pretty sure it was just data harvesting.
Upper_Command1390 t1_jdqkadk wrote
Me too. Upstate NY?
aurora-_ t1_jdqnou9 wrote
Long Island, I remember this vividly but my parents do not recall at all. They say they would have stopped it, but I swear this happened lol
Upper_Command1390 t1_jdqo54h wrote
It happened. The police came to take our prints and they framed it as something that would help in case we were abducted. I was in the 4th grade and remember that it seemed fishy but I was too young to put my finger onto why. Good news is the cops in my po dunk town we’re probably too incompetent to keep any records of these prints.
LagSlug t1_jdqqw13 wrote
I don't think they were actually local police. Imagine the problem of domestic terrorism from a government standpoint. Not having a complete database of fingerprints is a gigantic hole in your security apparatus. And unlike most problems, this one has a practical solution.
With a government that lied about the extent to which it was surveilling every person in the USA, and a population that gleefully believed it, I think the chances are pretty slim these events didn't take place, and that we're collectively imagining it.
aurora-_ t1_jdtq6lb wrote
My parents are gaslighting me but my fucking aunt was there when they did it and she remembers it!
Jokes on you, Nassau County, you got my prints again when i was arrested
but that sounds like a beyond-snowden personal data issue? wtf?
aurora-_ t1_jdtqg2u wrote
Answered the OP but commenting to you directly as well:
My parents are gaslighting me but my fucking aunt was there when they did it and she remembers it!
Jokes on you, Nassau County, you got my prints again when i was arrested
but that sounds like a beyond-snowden personal data issue? wtf?
beef-o-lipso t1_jdqtlzt wrote
Fingerprinting children in schools is to help in identifying victims in the event of a shooting or other mishap, but that wouldn't have gone over well with parents.
Pro tip: when someone says "It's for the children" there's a deeper reason they aren't telling you.
aurora-_ t1_jdtqbea wrote
checking with my aunt, it was sold as “missing child” safety stuff, but still wild
(LI NY about 2005ish?)
HanaBothWays t1_jdqfky5 wrote
Oh I have heard of cops doing that stuff. I think a lot of adults would balk at it but it’s easy to get a kid to just go along with it.
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