Comments on: Fingerprints at Disney: The Desensitization Imperative

By: smurzin

smurzin — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:26:34 +0000

Just got back from Disney. I drove witht he family from Connecticut only to find that they were taking fingerprints. I was reluctant to do so, until I remembered that I had the kids with me. If you live 1000 miles away and drive to disney, you are kind of forced to enter the park and in turn give up your prints. I hit all of the parks and noticed that the finger scanners were all different. Some scanners required 2 fingers, some required 4 fingers and your palm. Hmmm..If I wanted to get everyones prints I would definately set up the machine at disney and later, sports arenas and banks. This is a scam, and I will never go to disney again. I also asked if I can have my prints back and any record of them, and security replied, “No, absolutely not” The FBI and Police Depts give you your prints back if you ask for them, but not disney? There mst be more to this

By: beri

beri — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:19:47 +0000

In my office, people said that Disney is doing this to identify sex offenders and child molesters. Is this database they are building tied into a national data base or is it stand-alone?

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:27:03 +0000

the word "forge" in the last para is a link to the Chaos Computer Club's "how to fake fingerprints" article, at http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:14:10 +0000

I seem to remember something about gummy fingerprints somewhere on Bruce Schneier’s blog …

By: DM

DM — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:08:36 +0000

Besides didn’t you link to an article a while back about reverse engineering hand geometry systems to get palm prints or some such thing?
-DM

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:33:47 +0000

I read the original story. I’m not aware of a hand geometry system that uses only two fingers, and so I believed the part about the fingerprints.

By: Simson Garfinkel

Simson Garfinkel — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:28:23 +0000

Uh, they are doing hand geometry, not fingerprints. Don't trust slashdot; it's frequently wrong. Check the original story.

By: David Brodbeck

David Brodbeck — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:49:02 +0000

Great choice of picture. (Incidentally, I contend that must be the funniest propeganda film of all time.)