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'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News The cost of providing ID cards and biometric passports over the next 10 years has been reduced to £5bn on the basis that people would scan their fingerprints and facial photographs in high street outlets, which also... [08 Jul 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News While the cardholder's details and photo are printed on the face of the card, their fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. Readers capable of scanning the cards' chips will not be in place until they are... [07 Apr 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News While some details about the holder as well as their photo is printed on the face of the card, the cardholder's fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. Currently no police stations, border entry points or... [04 Feb 2009]
ID cards: Rely on 'visual check' as biometrics unreadable
News Fingerprints and facial scans will be captured at seven UKBA centres, starting with Croydon today before rolling it out to other centres in Armagh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield, with all centres... [25 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Yesterday the government began touting for high street businesses and other companies to install the equipment to take the 10 fingerprints, facial and signature scan that will be stored in the NIR. Critics say it will... [07 Nov 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment The genius in that plan is to make the private sector pay for the biometric enrolment centres where people will have to queue up to have their fingerprints and irises scanned for the national identity register. [07 Mar 2008]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News The more advanced screening requires the passenger to undergo a manual enrolment at the airport where their 10 fingerprints, two irises and facial image are scanned and stored on a database. The basic security screening... [06 Dec 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Biometrics offer false hope
Comment There is something quite offensive about being subjected to physical checks such as fingerprints and iris scans. They make some sense in situations such as an airport, where it is necessary to be certain... [03 May 2005]
German airport begins biometric checking
News Byometric and Oki said the complexity and randomness of the eye's iris patterns make them more difficult to fake than other biometric patterns, such as fingerprints. The iris systems - seven of which have been installed... [16 Feb 2004]
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