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"Your fingerprints, please!" At the U.S.-Canada border in Beebe Plain, VT. (Mike Kalasnik / Wikimedia)   Canada's Prime Minister has announced a $312 million plan to require biometric screening, such as fingerprints or iris scans for all foreign...

Pay and verify identity by fingerprint to be tested in Japan this summer

I can see a new market for pruning shears. A few fingers will likely be lost every day!

Not only does it seem like big brother, I don't see how this will make things more convenient or safer for the traveler. Maybe Japan wants it for marketing info since they will know what a traveler spends money on and what cities they visit.