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1996-05-14 - Re: Fingerprinting annoyance

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From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-14 07:50:14 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 15:50:14 +0800

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From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 15:50:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Fingerprinting annoyance
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On Mon, 13 May 1996, Senator Exon <remailer@2005.bart.nl> wrote:

> in connection with a character and fitness report i have been
> asked to supply a review board with a set of my fingerprints
> i have never been fingerprinted before
> i am not very keen on the idea now
> of course refusing will attract suspicion

Honorable Senator, if you wish to work for the government (or certain
other orgs with a big impact on the public, or in certain highly sensitive
posts, like armed security guard), then you simply have to put up with
this. Especially if you're working for *my* government, or flying *my*
airplane, or guarding *my* money, it's not in my interest to help you.

So... don't work for the government. Work for yourself, or for someone who
treats you like a grownup. Liberty ain't always free and easy.

> short of getting someone else to put their fingers in ink for
> me does anyone have a cute method by which to obscure my prints
> on those cute little cards without it being obvious?

Sneak into a morgue (I assume you wouldn't even consider involving a third
party who isn't already dead).

See to it that you're never fingerprinted a second time. 

Actually, if you simply give them a mirror image of your prints, some
matching techniques might fail... 

-rich

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