Biometric Finger Scanning in Disney. - Image courtesy local6.com image:35022:0::0

Tourists visiting Disney theme parks in Central Florida must now provide their index and middle fingers to be scanned before entering its gates.

Initially, they had this scan for season pass holders, but now everyone must do it. Every ticket holder must do this scanning from now on according to a report from Disney.

Disney officials said the scans help keep track of who is using legitimate tickets. What? Shouldn’t they scan the tickets instead of fingers? How does scanning fingers prove the tickets are real or not?

Local 6 News TV reporter said the method works by scanning the ridges and structures of your index and middle finger.

Disney said the finger scans do not take an actual fingerprint, and instead only takes certain points and outlines a visitor’s fingers.

Critics of this scanning say it borders on a violation of privacy. The Civil Liberties Union spokesman George Crossley said it is a step in the wrong direction. He told Local 6 News:

"I think it is a step toward collection personal information on people regardless of what Disney says."

Crossley said they will investigate it further and find out what Disney is planning to do with the scans.

Universal Orlando and SeaWorld also plan to implement similar technology in the future.

If you believe rumors, some say the federal government is introducing this technology at Disney, and it's the first step and plan to expand it to every other area.

Personally, I think Disney is getting the scans to see whether any criminals like pedophiles enter their area.

But their excuse that it's to protect the legitimacy of tickets sounds fishy.

Do you agree with this biometric scanning at Disney World? Is it necessary?