Which actually proves the article's point -- the criminal fraternity have to try even harder to distinguish themselves from the mainstream. I'll bet, however, that the programmers you know with facial tattoos look more like this: http://freshfunnypictures.com/funny-pictures/2113/facial-tat...
than like this:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0130063tattoo1.jp...