On 6 Apr 2004 06:32:31 -0700, cparke@mail1.aaahawk.com (Chris Parker)
wrote:
>> I would support a biometric ID card whose use would be limited.
>
>They said that about the social security number when those were first
>issued. They are everywhere today! (and probably would go onto this
>so-called biometric ID)
And you don't have to provide your SS# for anything other than things
that effect your tax responsibilities or retirement benefits.
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>> Tracking whereabouts would not be one of the uses. Verification of
>> identity for the purposes of employment, voting, welfare entitlement,
>> banking and credit cards and the like. It could reduce not only
>> illegal immigration but welfare fraud and identity theft as well, two
>> sources of huge cost.
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>We have that already in the state-issued driver's license or id card.
>Maybe you just want to add biometrics to the state-ids? Probably that
>is coming (consider that 20 years ago some driver's licenses didn't
>even have photographs)
Sure if you reconcile the various state IDs to include the same data
and be readable by the same equipment. They also have to be
sufficiently high tech as to prevent copying.
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>CP
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