On Mon, 13 May 1996, Senator Exon wrote:
in connection with a character and fitness report i have been asked to supply a review board with a set of my fingerprints i have never been fingerprinted before i am not very keen on the idea now of course refusing will attract suspicion short of getting someone else to put their fingers in ink for me does anyone have a cute method by which to obscure my prints on those cute little cards without it being obvious? i can fill out and manipulate the card myself i just need a working method. is there no privacy advocate who can help me?
First off, if you were born in the US, they have your feet and/or hand prints on record. Secondly, fingerprints are not an absolute proof positive means of identification. They are sufficiently unique enough that it satisfies the statistical error acceptability for many governmental agencies. I wouldn't worry about it personally. There are more effective ways of getting around such things if you really need to. If you don't have any historical baggage, then don't make waves. ...Paul