[IP] more on Canada-U.S.-Mexico borders to become biometric passport zones
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From: Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:48:38 -0400
To: <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Canada-U.S.-Mexico borders to become biometric passport
zones
David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "Ultimately, all documents used for travel to the U.S. are expected to
> include biometrics that can be used to authenticate the document and verify
> identity." [U.S. State Dept press release at:
> http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/44228.htm ]
That's a pretty horrifying comment, isn't it? This document has an
iris fingerprint stored in an RFID tag, so it *must* be authentic.
And you've got the same iris, so you're verified!
It worries me to see such statements thrown around without support or
comment. Biometrics do no good to authenticate a document. They
serve only one purpose: to prove that a present human is described by
a document.
-Brian
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Brian Sniffen bts@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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