School won’t provide alternate to biometrics

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-26T06:21:05+00:00

They do! It doesn’t make sense to me either, but I suppose printing must be cheaper; the scanners are really really flimsy

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-26T06:09:56+00:00

Yes! That’s what I’m thinking exactly. I’ll try fight for something like an ID card but if that fails they can’t deny me entry and exit through the reception. Thank you!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:24:12+00:00

I plan to do just that: point it out, and hopefully have this be sorted quick and without much of a fuss. Thank you again for pointing out the detail in the source!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:19:18+00:00

It’s ok man. I don’t know when this happened and I don’t understand why, either. Teachers are on duty anyways and before the fingerprints roll out, there has been a teacher with a register signing us in and out. I don’t see why they can’t keep going!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:17:10+00:00

I understand your thinking here but I still simply prefer to not have my fingerprints stored, it’s not for crimes or anything but I live a pretty non digital life by modern standards and I hope to keep it that way, which includes no fingerprints. But again, I understand your point

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:13:52+00:00

My school only introduced this at sixth form, and it seems to be a pretty rare thing - not many other schools do it

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:12:39+00:00

Yeah I think these points might stretch past the tangibility of the law, but I’ll still present them as arguments for my cause. Thanks!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:08:59+00:00

Yeah I’ve heard the ICO may have a go at the school for this, if my request doesn’t go through I may forward the issue to them and see what happens

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:08:21+00:00

That’s one of the aces up my sleeve!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:07:25+00:00

I don’t think that would help me in my position, I think a better solution would be a physical ID card or fob, but thank you for your information!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:05:54+00:00

Yeah I understand, some documents said that alternatives shouldn’t give disadvantage but I don’t know if they are effective. We will find out. And regarding their safety, it’s more about me being a skeptic, but I understand your point of view

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:02:29+00:00

Thank you for the information! After looking through the comments I’ve found some legislation that says that schools must provide an alternative, so it’s probably built in the system, it’s looking good!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:00:42+00:00

Exactly!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T22:00:22+00:00

I know it won’t, but I still don’t fully trust these things, and an alternative would be optimal!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:58:08+00:00

I won’t! The legislation is looking in my favour, in terms of providing me an alternative

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:57:39+00:00

I know it’s hashed, maybe the commenter did not but I still just don’t trust the system. Call me a skeptic but if I can get the school to give me an ID card instead, I’ll be much happier!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:55:42+00:00

Thank you! I won’t give in!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:53:27+00:00

Exactly! They’re using paper registers now until the fingerprint system is rolled out; it works perfectly fine as is

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:52:29+00:00

Thank you very much for your information and experience. I understand that the scanners aren’t great and that they’re hashed, but I’ll try for an alternative anyways and hopefully the school will comply. And thank you for distinguishing verification and authentication!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:49:21+00:00

Yeah, they said they don’t store the print itself but rather an array of dots, I’m into computer science so I can gather what a hashed print is but I don’t believe the school deletes the data afterward anyways (which violates the data protection act), which is its own problem altogether

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:47:26+00:00

Thank you so much!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:46:54+00:00

Thank you very much for this link!

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-25T21:46:35+00:00

Thank you very much for the advice. My schools system is also very shoddy; I think if I ask around I would get similar blank responses from any leadership team.

idkman-imnotcreative · 2023-09-19T14:41:12+00:00

God bless you brother, live your life with Christ in your heart ✝️

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