Unvoiced_Apollo
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2018
I am a little disheartened that not a single person here has defended your husband.
Just because someone doesn’t want Disney to store their fingerprints, credit card data, and personal information together doesn’t mean he has outstanding warrants or wears tinfoil hats. Some of us actually think about why we’re compelled to provide our personal information and whether we want to participate. Sometimes we literally have no choice, and other times the coercion effectively gives us no choice. But that doesn’t mean I unquestioningly hand over my SSN or blood anytime anyone asks for it.
I readily admit I haven’t studied the technology behind Disney’s specific system (though I’m guessing it’s not publicly available anyway). That’s good that many of you think Disney doesn’t actually take a “fingerprint” or “store” your information. I hope you’re right, but I’m not willing to put blind faith in Disney. Moreover, for those of you who think Disney’s motives are as pure as the driven snow, even its most ardent defenders surely must have SOME doubts about Disney IT’s ability to safeguard your personal information with 100% security. (Yes, you’re trusting the same Disney IT that can’t even get its own app to run reliably to protect your fingerprint—sorry, “biometric data”.)
I have no doubt that if Disney required its customers to provide DNA samples as a condition to enter, people would be lining up for their cotton-swabs. Not me.
I had previously read the same Disney language that thecouch posted earlier and was planning on opting out of the fingerprint scan in favor of showing my license. I honestly didn’t think it was that big of a deal, i.e., akin to showing ID on your way into a bar. I didn’t realize this advertised alternative is more difficult in practice. Because I don’t want to slow the family up, I likely will end up being one of the lemmings happily going off to Room 101. But I don’t think someone is being ridiculous if he chooses to use the non-fingerprint alternative that Disney (at least for now) offers.
Please tell your husband at least one other person shares his concerns.
Who said anything about handing over your SSN or giving blood? Who said Disney's motives were pure?