Biometric Passports
FROM PCWORLD.COM:
Is this scary? It’s a little too Big Brother for me!
Federal officials, eager to step up controls on people entering the United States, are preparing to issue Americans passports with embedded personal and face-recognition data….The federal Department of Homeland Security spent the past six months testing biometric passport prototypes and wants to roll out the new technology as soon as possible.
The passport’s chip will store more than just your name. It will store biometric facial recognition scan data–the kind of information that could help a computer recognize you by, for instance, the distance between your eyes. It’ll also contain your passport photo in digital form, as well as personal data including your name, birth date and birthplace, gender, and passport number.
(All bold test from article by: Sr. Assoc. Ed., Andrew Brandt )
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This article is from a little while back and screams Big Brother all over it, if you think that’s a little creepy check out the “so hip microchip” implants, that will work in a similar manner.
Ah, we all love Big Brother