UK residents volunteering their faces, irises and fingerprints for a pilot passport program are previewing what may become mandatory for all of England if draft legislation is enacted. The ID-card approach is being promoted by the country’s Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and is touted as the key to the United Kingdom’s future and as a defense against terrorism, fraud and identity theft. While such a system is unlikely to be implemented in the United States, biometrics technologies have evolved from science-fiction settings to proven corporate use.
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UK Looks to Biometrics in New National ID
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 27, 2004 02:43 PMUK residents volunteering their faces, irises and fingerprints for a pilot passport program are previewing what may become mandatory for all of England if draft legislation is enacted. The ID-card approach is being promoted by the country’s Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and is touted as the key to the United Kingdom’s future and as a defense against terrorism, fraud and identity theft. While such a system is unlikely to be implemented in the United States, biometrics technologies have evolved from science-fiction settings to proven corporate use.