On AlterNet: biometrics

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7 Privacy Threats the Constitution Can't Protect You Against

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

When it comes to a spate of new technologies, our privacy protections are wildly outdated.

5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. January 8, 2012.

Civil libertarians worry about the roll-out of Next Generation Identification, a massive expansion of the agency's current biometric database.

Biometrics at Pizza Hut and KFC? How Face Recognition and Digital Fingerprinting Are Creeping Into the U.S. Workplace

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 26, 2011.

Biometric technology is being used to more closely track low-wage workers, already desperate in a bad economy.

5 Unexpected Places You Can Be Tracked With Facial Recognition Technology

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. August 30, 2011.

Facial recognition technology has become more advanced, and it's increasingly popping up in two realms: law enforcement and commerce.

How Drone Strikes, Assassinations, and Eye Scans are Uniting the Middle East--Against the U.S.

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. July 21, 2011.

Obama's proved his ability to be a uniter--at least in the Middle East, where public opinion is nearly united in opposition to U.S. foreign policy.

Bush Wants Your Eyeballs

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. June 16, 2008.

George Bush just issued a directive to expand the acquisition of biometric information from citizens, and may share it with foreign governments.

Growing Database of Tourist Fingerprints Raising Privacy Concerns

Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. March 27, 2008.

Four years ago, the U.S. began collecting digital fingerprints from non-citizens. Its database now contains 90 million fingerprints, and counting.