Afghanistan Biometric Data Given To US 108
wisebabo writes "I just noticed that not only are all Afghans going to have their biometric data (fingerprints and iris scans) recorded but the government plans to share it with the U.S. From the article: 'Gathering the data does not stop at Afghanistan's borders, however, since the military shares all of the biometrics it collects with the United States Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security through interconnected databases.' Talk about 'know thine enemy' (or I guess, for now, friend). Does this foretell the near future when the U.S. govt. (and by extension, Chinese hackers) have the biometrics of almost everyone alive?"
Best friends forever! (Score:4, Funny)
Friends? Does that mean that the US shares biometric data on all US citizens with Afghanistan? Aw how adorable!
The US doesn't have friends. It has friendos.
Re:The new US motto (Score:4, Funny)
FTFY
Re:TSA's PLDB (Score:2, Funny)
...or sympathy
Re:Both ways? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Both ways? (Score:4, Funny)
The Afghans are not sharing *all* of the data they have, and the system is in place because the Afghans want it. If they didn't want it, they could force the US to remove it.
That's the funniest thing I've read on Slashdot this month.
Re:Wot? They don't already? (Score:5, Funny)
With the huge shitload of money you guys have buried there, every Afghan should be living in a two-story family house with cable TV, barbecue, walled garden and a Hummer in the driveway.
But hey, you're paying. You tell where it's spent.