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SUBMAN1
11-22-06, 10:50 AM
Steed will love this...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6170070.stm

Drivers who get stopped by the police could have their fingerprints taken at the roadside, under a new plan to help officers check people's identities. A hand-held device being tested by 10 forces in England and Wales is linked to a database of 6.5m prints.
Police say they will save time because people will no longer have to go to the station to prove their identity.
Officers promise prints will not be kept on file but concerns have been raised about civil liberties......

SUBMAN1
11-22-06, 10:54 AM
One more thing I forgot to mention - In the digital world, nothing is 'ever' gone. I cannot beleive that these guys that take your fingerprints would ever think about deleting them. It just wouldn't happen.

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STEED
11-22-06, 12:16 PM
You can not beat AL, to late.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=101099&page=3

My comments are on that thread. :ping:

SUBMAN1
11-22-06, 12:19 PM
You can not beat AL, to late.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=101099&page=3

My comments are on that thread. :ping:

Figured you would have already been on top of this one!

STEED
11-22-06, 12:25 PM
Heard it on the news but the posting credit goes to AL, a mate I know now by passes the area, I wonder why. :hmm: