Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Fingerprinting policy

From time to time the GNU Public Dictatorship reviews its security policies and attempts to plug any holes that may be exploited by unscrupulous individuals. At this time we are introducing a new requirement to our fingerprinting policy so that individuals will not be able to masquerade as other individuals for very long. If you are wondering whether this came about because of the Quisling incident you would be correct--since all individuals, including identical twins, have distinct fingerprints, this policy should prevent a similar incident in the future. If you are wondering whether we are afraid of the type of attack perpetrated on this sort of system in the movie Gattaca, we would like to remind you of the difference between science and science fiction. Here is the new policy:

Effective immediately all GPD volunteers and employees will be required to be fingerprinted every week.

The increased volume of fingerprints will require us to expand our fingerprinting department, so if you are interested please contact your local GPD office. At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not committed to job growth!

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