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Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Fingerprint, iris and facial recognition technology will be used to speed up frequent travellers' journeys through immigration control, as part of a UK-US agreement for a fast-travel option for trusted travellers going between the countries. [03 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG). [20 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment Readers were also busy commenting on the "ring of steel" automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera rollout in Manchester, while ID cards were a hot topic once again… ID cards - the latest privacy concerns [12 Jun 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment F is for Facial recognition If you wondered what the loud screeching of brakes was in Whitehall this week it was the sound of the government attempting to halt the ID cards juggernaut and execute an almighty handbrake u-turn as the wheels started... [07 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment Neil Norman, CEO, Human Recognition Systems, UK ID cards: Gov't slap on fines of up to £1,000 ID cards are a really bad idea in light of my experience of government record keeping. ID outrage Why should the ISPs have to fund what is inadequate... [28 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News F is for Facial recognition Finn said that future security systems will rely on e-passports, ID or smart cards or visas that would contain both biometric data - such as fingerprints and iris scans - and biographical data, ranging from name and... [21 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment This is a giant government system that seems able to search TV news, automatic number-plate recognition, Afghan minefield maps and a host of other databases and display it all faster than it takes my laptop to open an email. [20 Feb 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News F is for Facial recognition Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency officials and set out 10 milestones to strengthen border protection this year, which include introducing compulsory ID cards for foreign... [14 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News F is for Facial recognition The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated his backing for ID cards this week in the face of accusations his support for the controversial scheme is wavering. ID cards will combine biometric data with identity... [10 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Harrow Council trialled voice recognition technology to test benefit claimers and saved £110,000 of benefit payments in three months. ID Cards: The bidding war begins This happened before the loss of child benefit claimants' personal data by HMRC... [19 Dec 2007]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change makes sober reading in the light of recent events but it also offers a series of sensible recommendations spanning systems design, risk analysis, regulation, auditing and... [17 Dec 2007]
ID cards: The bidding war begins
News We're approaching this whole thing in recognition that we're building a set of long-term capabilities. All about ID cards Learn about every aspect of the UK's national ID cards scheme in the A to Z of ID cards. [09 Aug 2007]
Brits warm to hot biometrics and cold lager
News Although opposition to biometrics - the authentication of the individual based on factors such as iris or fingerprint recognition - remains strong, support appears to be growing as long as there is a tangible benefit for the average man and woman... [31 Oct 2006]
Leader: We ALL want to use biometrics
Leader The use of fingerprint or iris recognition has been something of a controversial subject in recent years, especially in instances where their use is a requirement rather than an option. Take the fulsome praise you will hear for the iris recognition... [31 Oct 2006]
Biometrics cut pub brawls by a quarter
News She added: "If and when ID cards come out we might have the technology to do this but we have no plans [for fingerprint recognition in pubs] in the short term. A spokeswoman from Sheffield City Council told silicon.com that to implement fingerprint... [24 Oct 2006]
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