SecurityFocus has an article that is well worth the read for anybody interested in security and privacy. Specifically how does one balance the need for privacy with the requirement of security? When your library asks for your fingerprints before letting you use their systems, or local councils ask for the same thing, you find yourself wondering just who can get hold of the information about you that is stored away in multiple databases. As the article points out, the Patriot act may make your information available to people you’d perhaps prefer didn’t have access, and there isn’t much you can do about it either. Well worth the read.
