The European Court of Justice ruled having fingerprints on ID cards was legal under EU privacy laws. The benefits of having such a system were key to preventing identity theft, it said.
We’ve had fingerprints in our ID cards for decades.
It’s fine. Quite useful, really. Less of a totalitarian state now than when they were introduced, actually.
I know in the anglo world the whole national ID card thing is seen as intrusive, but it’s kinda fine. I just know my number, which is great for some transactions, and I can get right by airport security without interacting with any humans just by tapping my biometric ID on a reader. Plus it can be upgraded to a full on digital signature certificate, although the implementation is terrible and I hate it.
We’ve had fingerprints in our ID cards for decades.
It’s fine. Quite useful, really. Less of a totalitarian state now than when they were introduced, actually.
I know in the anglo world the whole national ID card thing is seen as intrusive, but it’s kinda fine. I just know my number, which is great for some transactions, and I can get right by airport security without interacting with any humans just by tapping my biometric ID on a reader. Plus it can be upgraded to a full on digital signature certificate, although the implementation is terrible and I hate it.
Almost all the passports around the world include biometric as well.
How so?