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Hartmann: FBI's next gen ID roll out...will you be in the database?
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Currently - the FBI has over 70 million subjects in its master database - and more than 31 million sets of fingerprints - that's as many files as roughly one-third of the population...and counting. So as much as we all like the idea of criminals being found quicker and easier - what does this new technology mean for the rest of us who aren't criminals? Could the FBI's new high-tech roll-out be disastrous for individual privacy?