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Wed Sep 20 21:32:08 1995
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 21:31:00 -0400
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:39:12 -0700
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From: d-jones@ix.netcom.com (Dave)
Subject: Re: Florida Drivers Permits and a Hello
>What possible value could the LEAs get by having your thumbprint digitally
>encoded on your driver's license? It's not like the average cop-on-the-beat
>is qualified to lift a fingerprint and compare it. Even if he was, how
>does it benefit that the fingerprint is on the license?
>
>This seems silly.
There are device that will electronicly read fingerprints available now. So
with such a device, the LEO would know instantly if you were who you said
that you were.
