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Biometrics for identificationBiometrics for identificationPosted Apr 3, 2008 2:53 UTC (Thu) by leonov (subscriber, #6295)Parent article: Biometrics for identification
> The US has started fingerprinting all ten fingers of non-citizens > who enter the country. You probably won't miss me, but this move is keeping one New Zealand citizen away from making any plans to visit the States anytime soon. Just way too 1984 for my tastes... (Of course, we're knowing for fumigating visitors to our country, so who am I to point the bone? :-)
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Biometrics for identification Posted Apr 3, 2008 6:52 UTC (Thu) by Mithrandir (subscriber, #3031) [Link] +1 Though it's not just the fingerprints. It's the entire culture of fear. There are just too many other interesting countries in the world that don't have these cultural problems. I'm sure they don't miss me, and I don't miss going there. So I guess we're all happy.
Biometrics for identification Posted Apr 3, 2008 7:01 UTC (Thu) by kostas (guest, #5805) [Link] > You probably won't miss me, but this move is keeping one New Zealand citizen away from making > any plans to visit the States anytime soon. Just way too 1984 for my tastes... I made the same choice a week ago, so one less Cypriot citizen in the US ( and we are so rare!). The problem is that, if I'm not mistaken, the current EU directive requires that EU countries issue passports with the ability to store fingerprints, although actually storing them is not yet required. That will be coming soon and then no more traveling for me.
Biometrics for identification Posted Apr 3, 2008 10:28 UTC (Thu) by dd9jn (subscriber, #4459) [Link] You are right. However the fingerprints are stored on RFID chips in the passport or identity card. Fortunately these chips have high failure rates (sometimes caused by being bended when carried in a pocket, accidently put into the washing machine or a microwave) and thus there needs to be a backup scheme without the fingerprints; i.e. the plain old printed/glued-in picture.
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