Biometric fingerprints required for Maryland county rec centers

[Anti Federalist]

Montgomery County to use finger scans at rec centers

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http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/state/montgomery-county-to-use-finger-scans-at-rec-centers

Posted: 8:19 AM

26 August 2010

Last Updated: 7 hours and 40 minutes ago

By: Ingrid Haynes
MONTGOMERY CO, MD - Montgomery County residents will soon be required to scan their fingers to enter recreation centers.
Officials say switching from plastic passes to finger scanners will save the recreation department $50,000 annually.

The scanners will be put into use this fall at three centers, and will be expanded to all the county's centers next year. Privacy advocates say the measure is intrusive and unnecessary.


Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, says it isn't appropriate for a community pool.


Judy Stiles, spokeswoman for the county's recreation department, says residents who don't want to use the scanners can sign in with pen and paper.

She says the scanners won't collect fingerprints and that personal data called up by machine can't be accessed by other agencies. (Yeah, right, and I gotta bridge to sell you - AF)

[Bruno]

Requiring neither would save them even more money

[WaltM]

doesn't bother me, you don't have a right to use a recreation center, nor are you obligated to.

[Bruno]

doesn't bother me, you don't have a right to use a recreation center, nor are you obligated to.

its paid for by tax dollars

[Anti Federalist]

its paid for by tax dollars

Exactly.

As such, you should have a right to use and access without surrendering your Fourth Amendment rights.

[DamianTV]

It will always be more convenient and cheaper for you to dispose of your rights willingly.

[Danke]

It will always be more convenient and cheaper for you to dispose of your rights willingly.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=258001&highlight=

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=258001&highlight=

We have a live one. Call in the goons.

[oyarde]

Exactly.

As such, you should have a right to use and access without surrendering your Fourth Amendment rights.

True , but they may never be able to convince me that tax dollars should be spent on that in the first place. Something like that probably ought to be a private enterprise.

[Anti Federalist]

True , but they may never be able to convince me that tax dollars should be spent on that in the first place. Something like that probably ought to be a private enterprise.

Agreed, but the fact remains that it is funded by tax dollars.

Therefore, my rights apply in full force.

[oyarde]

Agreed, but the fact remains that it is funded by tax dollars.

Therefore, my rights apply in full force.

True , also the doing none would save money.