Finger scan sanitation

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wrote:

How often are these finger scan things cleaned, just imagine if you
got stuck behind a group of adolescent nose pickers :(

like there is no other time when you touch anything touched by others in
public --- frequent hand cleansing is pretty important during travel --
the railings, the tray tables, the armrests, the doors, the phones --
the everything is covered with ecoli and all that represents

Jenn wrote in message ...
In article ,
wrote:

How often are these finger scan things cleaned, just imagine if you
got stuck behind a group of adolescent nose pickers :(

like there is no other time when you touch anything touched by others in
public --- frequent hand cleansing is pretty important during travel --
the railings, the tray tables, the armrests, the doors, the phones --
the everything is covered with ecoli and all that represents

You are right, but you missed the point. the choice is yours on how
you protect yourself with the examples that you have shown. Not so
with the finger scan.

In article ,
wrote:


I would sure hate to live in such a world of fear.

Dick


Jenn wrote in message
...
In article ,
wrote:

How often are these finger scan things cleaned, just imagine if you
got stuck behind a group of adolescent nose pickers :(

like there is no other time when you touch anything touched by others
in
public --- frequent hand cleansing is pretty important during travel --
the railings, the tray tables, the armrests, the doors, the phones --
the everything is covered with ecoli and all that represents

You are right, but you missed the point. the choice is yours on how
you protect yourself with the examples that you have shown. Not so
with the finger scan.

Richard Cline wrote in message ...
In article ,
wrote:


I would sure hate to live in such a world of fear.

Dick

So would I, have spent half of my working life in SE Asia and have
seen first hand what will happen if you don't at least think about it
and consider your options.
Cheers


Jenn wrote in message
...
In article ,
wrote:

How often are these finger scan things cleaned, just imagine if you
got stuck behind a group of adolescent nose pickers :(

like there is no other time when you touch anything touched by others
in
public --- frequent hand cleansing is pretty important during travel --
the railings, the tray tables, the armrests, the doors, the phones --
the everything is covered with ecoli and all that represents

You are right, but you missed the point. the choice is yours on how
you protect yourself with the examples that you have shown. Not so
with the finger scan.

One needs to be extremely careful with this. If, between the plane and
immigration, you purchased cream filled donuts or pastries, your fingers will
be full of cream. The USA will then record your fingerprints as "cream puff
filling" and anyone who has eaten similar pastries will be able to steal your identity.

Furthermore, if a previous person who also ate the same pastries and then
abused his stay in the USA, the second you put your pastry-filled finger on
the scanner, the USA will send in the machine-gun armed troups to arrest and
detain you and you will be accused of 2 crimes: overstaying during a previous
visit, and impersonating someone else since your passport does not match the
passport when you preveiously entered the USA with the same fingerprints.

wrote:
Richard Cline wrote:
I would sure hate to live in such a world of fear.

So would I, have spent half of my working life in SE Asia and have seen
first hand what will happen if you don't at least think about it and
consider your options.

What, being crippled with the fear of a trivial, overhyped flu variant that
kills fewer people in a year than traffic accidents do in 15 minutes?

miguel
--
Hundreds of travel photos from around the world: http://travel.u.nu/

On 15 Jan 2004 14:35:05 -0800, wrote:

Jenn wrote in message ...
In article ,
wrote:

How often are these finger scan things cleaned, just imagine if you
got stuck behind a group of adolescent nose pickers :(

like there is no other time when you touch anything touched by others in
public --- frequent hand cleansing is pretty important during travel --
the railings, the tray tables, the armrests, the doors, the phones --
the everything is covered with ecoli and all that represents

You are right, but you missed the point. the choice is yours on how
you protect yourself with the examples that you have shown. Not so
with the finger scan.


Hi

Just a thought, but you could always wash your hands after having your
fingers scanned!!!!!!! 8^)

Regards
KGB