Archive for March 31st, 2005

Not necessarily safer

Posted at Thursday, March 31st, 2005 by guy

BBC News reports Malaysia car thieves steal finger The attackers forced Mr Kumaran to put his finger on the security panel to start the vehicle, bundled him into the back seat and drove off. But having stripped the car, the thieves became frustrated when they wanted to restart it. They found they again could not [...]

A reluctant proponent

Posted at Thursday, March 31st, 2005 by guy

The Washington Post carries a piece by the Republican Senator for Tennessee, Lamarr Alexander: Much as I Hate It, We Need a National ID with the interesting perspective of a conservative who is made deeply uneasy by the idea but cannot find arguments to oppose the spurious cases for “security” and “convenience”. I have fought [...]

Georgia (US) tackles identity theft…

Posted at Thursday, March 31st, 2005 by guy

… by removing fingerprints from state ID As reported by AP and picked up by papers across the South: House votes to eliminate fingerprints on licenses Republican sponsors say the prints are seldom used by law enforcement and that the print database raises identity theft concerns.

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