Tag: id cards
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national id: biometrics pinned to social security cards
from cryptogon/wired: The Social Security card faces its first major upgrade in 70 years under two immigration-reform proposals slated for debate this week that would add biometric information to the card and finally complete its slow metamorphosis into a national ID. The leading immigration proposal with traction in Congress would force employers to accept only…
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uk govt predicts 1⁄3 of people will resist ID checks
from register uk: One in three people will resist identity checks according to Government figures. The just-released statistics predict a widespread revolt over identity cards, but the Home Office has dismissed the figures as irrelevant and out of date… The figures show that 30 per cent of people were predicted by the Government to refuse…
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news on the march
halliburton winds up iran workfrom afp: US oil services giant Halliburton said Monday it had wrapped up its work commitments in Iran and was no longer conducting any projects in the Islamic republic…Halliburton announced last month that it was relocating to the United Arab Emirates to capitalize on the Gulf region’s booming energy market. bush…
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oregon aims to put real id on fast-track
from news register: Across the United States, a diverse coalition of states, from left-leaning Massachusetts to right-leaning Arizona, Georgia and Wyoming, are rebelling against the Real ID Act. But Oregon isn’t one of them. The 2005 federal law calls for national standardization of driver’s licenses by May 2008, effectively creating a national citizenship card. And…
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blair pleads the case for biometric ID cards
from afp: Prime Minister Tony Blair has written personally to thousands of people opposed to the introduction of identity cards, but admitted he would struggle to convince civil liberties groups. Blair told nearly 28,000 people who signed an on-line petition on his own website that ID cards would make an “important contribution” countering fraud, international…
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maine revolts against digital US ID card
from reuters: Maine lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to demand repeal of a federal law tightening identification requirements for drivers’ licenses, a post-September 11 security measure that states say will cost them billions of dollars to administer. Maine lawmakers passed a resolution urging repeal of the Real ID Act, which would…