Comments on: Never Get Locked Out of the House Again http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/ Yet Another Gaijin In Japan Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nick Ramsay http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Nick Ramsay Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:00:36 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/#comment-346 Yeah, they just feel as though they are being labelled as criminals because Japanese natives won't be fingerprinted. I gave my fingerprints when I first came here. It didn't bother me then, and it doesn't bother me now. Hmm... I wonder if they still have them? Definitely cool. Combine these with sliding doors and you're on the Starship Enterprise! Yeah, they just feel as though they are being labelled as criminals because Japanese natives won’t be fingerprinted. I gave my fingerprints when I first came here. It didn’t bother me then, and it doesn’t bother me now. Hmm… I wonder if they still have them?

Definitely cool. Combine these with sliding doors and you’re on the Starship Enterprise!

]]> By: Jason http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Jason Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:18:47 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/#comment-345 Hi Nick, I don't see why people would be against a fingerprint database, unless they plan on committing a crime. I wrote about how Japan's landing procedures are being changed a few weeks back, and I think that this is one of the least invasive technologies available. The worst thing that can happen if they collect lots of fingerprints is mis-identify a print at a crime scene. We know that sometimes there are problems with databases, but the odds of being incorrectly identified via fingerprints are less than the odds for the Walkthrough Iris Identification System. It's all good, though. I was thinking that a technology like this would be pretty cool at home, or even attached to a car (if it could be miniturized enough). What better way to make things more convenient for you, as well as harder to steal? Sure, people could be used as "keys" against thier will to gain access to posessions or buildings, but I can't think of a single tool created by us that hasn't been used in some crime or another. Hi Nick,

I don’t see why people would be against a fingerprint database, unless they plan on committing a crime. I wrote about how Japan’s landing procedures are being changed a few weeks back, and I think that this is one of the least invasive technologies available. The worst thing that can happen if they collect lots of fingerprints is mis-identify a print at a crime scene. We know that sometimes there are problems with databases, but the odds of being incorrectly identified via fingerprints are less than the odds for the Walkthrough Iris Identification System.

It’s all good, though. I was thinking that a technology like this would be pretty cool at home, or even attached to a car (if it could be miniturized enough). What better way to make things more convenient for you, as well as harder to steal? Sure, people could be used as “keys” against thier will to gain access to posessions or buildings, but I can’t think of a single tool created by us that hasn’t been used in some crime or another.

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Nick Ramsay Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:10:44 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/15/never-get-locked-out-of-the-house-again/#comment-344 Jason, did you know they will soon start fingerprinting foreigners coming into Japan? A lot of foreigners already here are pretty against it, but Japan used to do it and are just bringing it back. Since so many people are up in arms about this, do you think they'd make the same fuss if we had to walk through an "Iris Identification System" at the airport? I'd actually enjoy it! :) Jason, did you know they will soon start fingerprinting foreigners coming into Japan? A lot of foreigners already here are pretty against it, but Japan used to do it and are just bringing it back.

Since so many people are up in arms about this, do you think they’d make the same fuss if we had to walk through an “Iris Identification System” at the airport? I’d actually enjoy it! :)

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