Biometrics are becoming more prevalent and it looks like the European Union are taking advantage of this new technology on an extreme level according to this article

I just wonder how far all this will go.
What do you think? Is this going too far? Or is it just what we need?

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"So there I was completely naked and covered in tartar sauce..."

It's inevitable.

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To artificial life, all reality is virtual.
HTP

Yeah. It's going to happen sooner or later.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

If you have nothing to hide then you shouldn't worry about anything.

But! But! People who I will never see will see me naked!



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Fear is here, where's the beer?

For some reason, the "biometrics" comment made me think of Deus Ex. I need to get out more.

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The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot stay in the cradle forever.
-- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, The Father of Rocketry

I'm all for it. Bloody immigrants.

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tristan is the best friend of the jedi

"I am the signature virus! Copy me into your signature so that I can take over the world! Moohahahee!"

Wording of this amused me. Spark a row. How quaint and understated..

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"You'll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it. Don't be deluded by any other endings, they're all fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality. The only authentic ending is the one provided here: John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die." -Happy Endings [Margeret Atwood]
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I'm game as long as they don't put a camera in my shower or bedroom.

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Gandalv the Gray, recieving bans for Christmas since December 2001