> I wonder whether they keep samples of our DNA somewhere, now? It must be easy > to > gather from hospitals or when you donate blood, they don't need much... > > Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who is just as cynical as Tamara when it > comes > to > privacy in our modern world. > > > > Tamara wrote: > >2) I had to apply for a Social Security number, having arrived in US as > an adult. But, when my son was born - February of '77 - he was was > issued one the day after he was born; it was "normal procedure" by the. > And what's a SS number if not an ID number? For that matter, a license > plate "tracks you" too. > > 3) But, when I said the government seemed to have all the data on him > except spit, when they wanted to check, I forgot the *best part*. 24 > hrs after he was born, he was both finger- and foot-printed. Took some > effort, in case of the fingers (try to uncurl those little claws <g>), > but it was done, and the data was going to be kept somewhere. > Ostensibly so that, in case of a kidnap, he could be identified - > either as an adult some years later, or as a corpse left in a ditch > somewhere. > > Nobody asked my (or his <g>) permission to harvest the data, though I > was presented with copies of same for free. I meant to paste them into > his baby book, but that was when I meant to make a baby book, and > they've disappeared since. From *my* stash. But, from the government's? > I doubt it. That organism never disgorges; it only adds (though > sometimes, it does mislay stuff). > > Of course, *my* fingerprints are on file, from the time I applied for > the citizenship...
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