Without actually saying my age I am of the Star Trek “Beam Me Up Scotty” generation. And what does that have to do with cruises? The Homeland Security has announced recently that they will be fingerprinting foreigners at cruise ship terminals in the near future for ID confirmation. 
This new technology seems like the next step to being better secure, but I find it odd and unsettling that ideas that I watched on Sci-Fi movies and TV shows are now more of a reality than ever before. Id theft is very prevalent now and so I understand wanting to make sure we have a way to Id people for international travel. It is just odd that now I have to not only make sure that all of my personal documentation is safe and secure I have to make sure all of my fingers stay in tack as well. What if I get a paper cut that leave a minuet scar will I then nit be able to ever cruise again. I’d go through withdrawals I am sure.
Our safety and the safety of others around me is very important, I just don’t know if I am ready for all of these finger scans, voice recognition or other high tech ID authorization processes. If what we do now is not fool proof what makes these new processes better?
Of course this won’t stop me from traveling and seeing the world but it makes me pause and think of how close are we to actually hitting that little button on our chest and saying ‘Paris for dinner please’ and then being actually beamed to Paris. I just better make sure I say Paris, France and not Paris, TX.
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