Employer is requiring biometric data for clocking on, can I refuse?

platinum87 said:
i would have cared if this thread appeared months ago, but since ive gone to the USA, my fingerprints are now probably in hundreds of different servers...

so id say, do it or quit your job...

there is really only two options, any whining or complaining would be pointless as im sure the law would 100% back this up... considering its applications, if used everywhere for anti-terrorism and such assorted stuff :D
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Excellent, another relevant reply, having had a word with one of the management team yesterday he is as concerned about it as he wishes to be able to make clear to all staff just how the system works, he has yet to recieve any data from head office however. The 100% safe on the device doesn't fill me with trust especially as it has an open USB port on it...

Rroff said:
If its stored correctly theres no way to really reverse engineer the biometric data stored to recreate teh finger print - only the sloppiest of programmers would have it setup this way (i.e. the ones the gov. hires).

The proper way would be similiar to password hashes where the data stored is a checksum that would match against the original input (and a few other random inputs but the probability of that happening is extremely small).

The question you should be asking is how the data is stored.

EDIT: haven't read the whole thread so this might be reposting info already brought up
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No worries, this is what I've been trying to ascertain, waiting on information from head office.

Glad to see you asked the question instead of assuming like a lot of posters that it will be stored as a numeric sample, until I see the specs it's pure conjecture.

Flukester said:
"thus revealing his identity" to.... let them know how many hours to pay him for lol

The knife thing is funny, you think the police might check prints without the biometric data already in place ? :D

I think op sleeps with tin foil hat on ;)
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Crash helmet maybe :D
 
Dano said:
Excellent, another relevant reply, having had a word with one of the management team yesterday he is as concerned about it as he wishes to be able to make clear to all staff just how the system works, he has yet to recieve any data from head office however. The 100% safe on the device doesn't fill me with trust especially as it has an open USB port on it...
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you cant make anything today without putting a USB on it, you'd be laughed at :D
 
Basher said:
So you i just as much danger touching a glass then? If you start worrying about stuff like that you'd ever sleep at night!
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It's only an issue if your fingerprint is on a database, since mine isn't I don't worry, like I said though my main problem with it is that if I commit a crime or got caught up in something then I could be found out later, rather than the lesser chance of being framed or wrongly arrested for something else.
 
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