Comments on: New Law Requires Home Sellers To Provide Fingerprints http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: surak http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16038 surak Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:12:48 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16038 I am not for fingerprints, however wouldn't it make more sense for the buyer to have his/her finger prints taken??? Igor has a knack of figuring things out and he says RIDICULOUS I am not for fingerprints, however wouldn’t it make more sense for the buyer to have his/her finger prints taken???

Igor has a knack of figuring things out and he says RIDICULOUS

]]> By: twist http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16037 twist Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:18:50 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16037 When Mr. Twist and I adopted our youngest, we were required to submit our fingerprints. I could understand that one- keeping criminals from adopting babies is a good thing. We live in a world now however, where we are surrounded by cameras, tracked by our tires, and fingerprinted for routine transactions. I tried to find any background on this bill- some instance where fraud could have been prevented if only the seller had been fingerprinted. If anyone else runs across it, let me know. In the meantime, I doubt it will do much, and I don't see why people should lose a little more privacy and pay a little more for a program of questionable worth. When Mr. Twist and I adopted our youngest, we were required to submit our fingerprints. I could understand that one- keeping criminals from adopting babies is a good thing.

We live in a world now however, where we are surrounded by cameras, tracked by our tires, and fingerprinted for routine transactions.

I tried to find any background on this bill- some instance where fraud could have been prevented if only the seller had been fingerprinted. If anyone else runs across it, let me know. In the meantime, I doubt it will do much, and I don’t see why people should lose a little more privacy and pay a little more for a program of questionable worth.

]]> By: BottomFisher http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16036 BottomFisher Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:45:55 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16036 I have no problem given em the finger! I have no problem given em the finger!

]]> By: Hutch http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16035 Hutch Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:52:44 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16035 I would think fingerprinting the buyer would be just as helpful (if not more so) in decreasing fraud. Each time I renew my drivers license they scan my thumbprint. I've even been printed at my own bank, by tellers I know by name. I've just gotten used to it now, and wonder sometimes if I should actually be grateful.(Though I doubt seriously that MY best interests are their primary motive.) I would think fingerprinting the buyer would be just as helpful (if not more so) in decreasing fraud. Each time I renew my drivers license they scan my thumbprint. I’ve even been printed at my own bank, by tellers I know by name. I’ve just gotten used to it now, and wonder sometimes if I should actually be grateful.(Though I doubt seriously that MY best interests are their primary motive.)

]]> By: AZSALUKI http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16034 AZSALUKI Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:46:22 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16034 i don't know? i wouldn't rule out quite a bit of identity fraud in this whole mess? i'm not sayin i'm a fan of it, but if there was a question down the road then they can definitively ID the seller. again....not a fan of this....but i've never understood the whole fear of "them" knowing who you are unless you are hiding for some reason. no matter really....some day we'll all have microchips placed in us at birth so they can track us...lol i don’t know? i wouldn’t rule out quite a bit of identity fraud in this whole mess? i’m not sayin i’m a fan of it, but if there was a question down the road then they can definitively ID the seller. again….not a fan of this….but i’ve never understood the whole fear of “them” knowing who you are unless you are hiding for some reason. no matter really….some day we’ll all have microchips placed in us at birth so they can track us…lol

]]> By: BAGBALM http://housingdoom.com/2009/03/13/new-law-requires-home-sellers-to-provide-fingerprints/#comment-16033 BAGBALM Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:33 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2103#comment-16033 Will this now be something that has to be verified before title insurance can be issued? And what must a person lacking a right thumb do to legally purchase a home? What protections are in place to keep this datum from being obtained by the public? Or is this now something about you that is public knowledge. What then is to prevent someone from making a copy of your thumb print off public records and leaving the image at a crime scene? Do Cook County officials ever THINK? Will this now be something that has to be verified before title insurance can be issued? And what must a person lacking a right thumb do to legally purchase a home? What protections are in place to keep this datum from being obtained by the public? Or is this now something about you that is public knowledge. What then is to prevent someone from making a copy of your thumb print off public records and leaving the image at a crime scene? Do Cook County officials ever THINK?

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