I have a very unique name, as do some of my old classmates. Searching for me, or them, yields no results from any web search. That being said, I'm sure we are in some database somewhere maintained by some government entity, as someone pointed out earlier all of our photo's are taken by the DMV's, various employers and other entities who wish to remain nameless.
So who do we need this 'protection' from. And if they already have all this information, and it's so 'readily' available, why doesn't the government just make this database on its own, without any consent. My guess is they NEED us to do this, so they can 'better track' the peoples. Perhaps they're just doing this to find Julian Assange...