Richard Stallman Answers Your Questions

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> I object to the requirement for visitors to give their fingerprints. I refuse to go to any country which has that policy, and I hope you too will refuse to go to any country that would demand your fingerprints.

Since the U.S. demands fingerprints of non-citizens entering the country, I was curious to see if RMS has said more about this.

Indeed, and he mentions the U.S.:

>I know of seven countries that everyone should refuse to visit, because they demand the fingerprints of visitors. These are the US, Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Ghana and Saudi Arabia. Don't stand for such treatment — refuse to go! [1]

[1] http://stallman.org/bad-border-policy-countries.html

> Since the U.S. demands fingerprints of non-citizens entering the country

Not entirely true, I know that Canadians can enter with nothing but a passport (and a non-biometric one, at that) or enhanced drivers license.

Stallman writes well. I wonder what portion of his influence is attributable to that.

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