Why is it I think the FBI's biometric database is a bad idea?

Maybe it has to do with the idea of a government agency using data to not only spy on people, but harass them to no end just to bump up their numbers on drug busts and the war on terror?

Maybe it's the lack of security behind it - which to me opens itself up to being abused by anyone with an ax to grind or a political agenda?

Maybe it's that I wonder what corporation is behind the technology?

Maybe I wonder how well it's been tested?
And then there's this -

Here's the relevant info in case you can't read/see the pic, Rap Back ongoing monitoring and notification service only targets these individuals.

Non-criminal justice applicants, employees, volunteers, and licensees;

Individuals under the supervision or investigation of criminal justice agencies.

Note that "supervision" doesn't mean employees of criminal justice agencies, but rather parolees and those on probation. Presumably, the criminal justice system will police itself, relying only on pre-employment screenings (if that). The problem is that employees with criminal history have been known to jump from agency to agency without their new employers knowing (or caring) about the incidents that forced the job change. Apparently, this is an acceptable situation despite the fact that the DOJ tends to ignore much of the misconduct that occurs in agencies under its command.

The Interstate Photo System sounds like license plates but is actually the FBI's facial recognition database. A high error rate and a flood of too-lo-res-to-be-useful photos hasn't stopped the FBI from pushing this system -- basically a searchable mug shot repository that includes millions of non-criminals just for the hell of it. To reach its lofty goals (52 million pics by 2015), the FBI is including generic federal employee records. The potential for the system to return non-criminals in searches for "candidates" remains high, but the FBI has reassuringly stated that it bears no legal responsibility if any of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies that have access arrest the wrong person.

An unvetted system that can be accessed by thousands is a huge problem. The FBI will join the NSA in hoarding massive amounts of irrelevant data with very little oversight. The hoarding mentality has taken over and everyone involved is hesitant to implement stringent minimization and disposal policies because of the irrational fear that something discarded might be needed later.

Context here - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/09090628533/fbi-rolls-out-biometric-database-schedule-accompanying-privacy-impact-assessment-still-nowhere-to-be-found.shtml

(h/t Buzzflash)