The FBI’s new plan to collect and store a massive biometric database has more than just a few “fringe” people worried.

“The goal to have a comprehensive data base to track terror suspects, criminals, that sort of thing. I think it’s a wonderful goal,” said Hostin. “But you have to be very careful, because what if the wrong person is in that database? That is something that can follow you forever.”

Once the biometric information is in the wrong hands, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to repair your FBI record.  If your credit card is stolen, you simply call the company and get the card canceled.  You can’t do that with your eyes.

“You’re giving the federal government access to an extraordinary amount of information linked to biometric identifiers that is becoming increasingly inaccurate,” said Marc Rotenberg, the executive director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.