[Politech] Thumbprinting visitors at the Statue of Liberty (fwd from declan at well.com)

[Justin]

On 2005-04-28T15:37:19-0700, cypherpunk wrote:
> > Matthew's snapshots: one
> > (http://www.boingboing.net/images/Liberty-Locker-Thumbs-2.jpg), two
> > (http://www.boingboing.net/images/Liberty-Locker-Thumbs1.jpg).
> 
> If this were really as much of a conspiracy as people are making it
> out to be, wouldn't it make sense to ask for THUMB prints? that's what
> the subject line says, and that's what the titles of the two jpeg
> files are. But if you look at the pictures, they plainly ask for the
> right index finger.

I doubt the machine cares which finger visitors use.  Since most people
in this country are functionally illiterate, the average visitor may
well present a thumb rather than an index finger.