Fingerprinted

[johnridley]

I just went and got fingerprinted by the school district in order to be able to work with the kids in Robotics class. The signature agreement says that I also had to release my prints to the FBI and any other federal agency that wants them for pretty much whatever they want to use them for.

Talking about this here at work, one of the guys has the same general attitude I do about this; even *I* don't care what I'm doing, if there are people in the government that care, then wow.

It's not the ideal attitude, but if I want to work with the robotics team, it's going to have to suffice.

BTW 25 years ago to get a pistol permit I just needed an ink thumbprint on an index card. This one is a full 4 finger set (I assume for finger length biometrics) then all 10 digits full left to right roll, on a fingerprint scanner (no ink), and the system immediately displays if the scan is good enough.

Comments

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

As part of the process of adopting The Kid, Tara and I both had to be fingerprinted for a similar background check.

On the other hand, last I knew, the Boy Scouts were still just asking for references on adult volunteers and leaving it up to the unit (Troop, Pack, Post, Ship, etc.) to actually do any background checks.

[grey-lensman.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's what I had to do for the SEC back when I was working for an investment bank.