I don't see a problem with fingerprinting - in fact, it seems quite beneficial. I can't really conceive of a way it can be used as a detriment that can't already happen. If someone (especially a government official or a cop) wants to frame you for a crime, they have the resources to get your fingerprints "legitimately".
The thing is, fingerprinting is used to find criminals but it does fuckall in finding criminals who have never been arrested (like most serial killers).
And at least you know about it. If someone really wants your fingerprints, its not that hard to obtain - you leave it everywhere.
That said, I agree with Bullet Magnet. The most dangerous thing a government can do is foster an atmosphere of paranoia. Society can do much more damage itself than any one organization - Nazi Germany wouldn't have been nearly as successful in their butchery and hate-mongering if the Germans at the time weren't convinced of how evil the Jews were and that the only way to protect themselves was to turn in any Jew they found. But it was OK, because they were evil and trying to hurt everyone else.
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