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Saturday, December 15, 2012

UK Students Protest Biometric Control

The UK's Newcastle University is instituting a finger-print based attendance system. From the linked article: "University students may have to scan their fingerprints in future — to prove they are not bunking off lectures. ... Newcastle Free Education Network has organised protests against the plans, claiming the scanners would 'turn universities into border checkpoints' and 'reduce university to the attendance of lectures alone.'" The system is supposed to bring the university "in line with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and clamp down on illegal immigrants."

P.S.
My dog Billy and chicken Suzie are good friends. Here they both are waiting patiently to be let in my front door. Life is good.

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