080807: 
FULLY BIOMETRIC AIRPORTS BECOMING A REALITY
-CLARKSBURG, W. Va. - The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad. More
071222: FBI PREPARES VAST DATABASE OF BIOMETRICS -- $1 BILLION PROJECT TO INCLUDE IMAGES OF IRISES AND FACES
-CLARKSBURG, W. Va. - The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would give the government unprecedented abilities to identify individuals in the United States and abroad.More
070807: IN CHINA, A HIGH TECH-TECH PLAN TO TRACK PEOPLE -SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 9 — At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company to recognize automatically the faces of police suspects and detect unusual activity.
Starting this month in a port neighborhood and then spreading across Shenzhen, a city of 12.4 million people, residency cards fitted with powerful computer chips programmed by the same company will be issued to most citizens.More
070318: 
BRUSSELS PLANNING CENTRAL DATABASE FOR ALL FINGERPRINTS -- Proposals for a centralized database of fingerprints across the Continent were revealed on Thursday, fuelling fears on all sides of a Big Brother Europe. The scheme for a computerized collection of personal details drawn from all 27 countries in the EU is the latest in a raft of anti-crime measures in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. More
070119: THUMB-PRINT BANKING TAKES INDIA
CHENNAI, India -- Banks and ATM machines are an unfamiliar sight in the rural countryside here, but the government hopes to change that with new technology that could ease the transition from cash to computers.
A pilot program will put 15 biometric ATMs at village kiosks in five districts across southern India. The machines are expected to serve about 100,000 workers who will use fingerprint scanners, rather than ATM cards and PINs, to obtain their funds.
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061106: USA Technologies Unveils e-Port G6 at World’s Largest Payments Trade Show in Paris --
Global Demand for Cashless Vending Technology Growing
-- MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USA Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board:USAT) will unveil the e-Port Generation Six (G6) cashless payment technology in Paris this week at CARTES 2006, the world’s biggest trade show for the smart card, identification and credit card industry.
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061106: BLAIR OUTLINES ID CARD PLAN FOR UK -- LONDON (Reuters) -- All people from outside the European Union will need a British identity card to find work or claim benefits in Britain under a new scheme that comes into force from 2008, Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
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061024: DNA DATABASE SHOULD 'INCLUDE ALL'
-- Tony Blair called yesterday for the national DNA database to be expanded to include every citizen. He said there should be no limit on the development of the database because it was vital for catching serious criminals.More
061002: U.S. GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE TO GET SMART IDENTIFICATION CARDS
-- The U.S. government will soon be issuing new, high-technology identification cards to more than ten million people in the federal work force. The move is prompting a debate over whether the work I.D.s represent the first step toward a national identification card.
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060925: American Barcode and RFID Announces TETRAGATE, Which Links Biometric Facial Recognition and RFID, Creating Formidable Security Solution -- PHOENIX, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- American Barcode and RFID (AB&R) is pleased to announce the creation of a new technology -- TETRAGATE -- which combines UHF RFID (radio frequency identification) technology inside an employee ID card with biometric facial recognition. TETRAGATE recognizes people approaching from 60 feet away in a fraction of a second, reading up to 60,000 faces in a single second -- without people knowing their images are being scanned. In a world where security and surveillance issues create uneasiness on the best of days, a team of innovative security and technology experts have come together to create what is the most secure access control solution available for tracking human as well as physical assets on the same network.
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060000: 
THE LAUNCH OF A SINGLE EURO PAYMENT AREA AS OF JANUARY 1 2008 -- A combination of Sepa and new developments in consumer electronics represent an opportunity for banks to ditch cash and paper-based payments once and for all, says Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, in a speech given in Brussels in late June.
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060811: HACKERS CLONE RADIOCHIP PASSPORTS -- Passports and other ID cards incorporating radio chips can be remotely spied on, jammed and even copied, computer experts revealed at a major conference that ended on Sunday.More
060811: U.S.TO ROLL OUT ELECTRONIC PASSPORTS
-- WASHINGTON - Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday
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060809: THE REAL ID CARD - IMPECCABLE TIMING
-- At large, the American people are still unaware of the issuance of the Real ID card forthcoming in May of 2008. This new national/international ID card, and its interactivity with national/international databases, can access our medical, financial, driving, Social Security, license(s), firearms registrations, and political status inside its high tech/little nano brain. In essence, it holds our private lives on a swipe-able card that is then privy to any organization, retailer, or person requesting our identification or our money. In other words, our life histories accessible upon command from one 2X3 inch card.More
060730:
Millions of children to be fingerprinted -- British children, possibly as young as six, will be subjected to compulsory fingerprinting under European Union rules being drawn up in secret. The prints will be stored
on a database which could be shared with countries around the world.
Ed.note:Please note the word 'mandatory' again in this article. And also note the following: "Under laws being drawn up behind closed doors by the European Commission's 'Article Six' committee, which is composed of representatives of the European Union's 25 member states, all children will have to attend a finger-printing centre.' (Ed: in the end a 'Mark of the Beast' center) to obtain an EU passport by June 2009 at the latest."
Mandatory by the european union and 'article 6' ? Wait a minute ! The six (whether or not disguised) keeps popping up quite frequently these days, now doesn't it ?, this time in connection with a mandatory fingerprint scanning program for children.This suddenly reminds me also of this belgium smartcard for kids with disguised sixes. So if there is a commission called 'article 6' could it also be there is (will be) a commission called 'article 666' and plan, behind closed doors, to implement a mandatory Mark with 666 or the name of the Beast on (in) right hand or forehead? For those of you who are still in a spiritual slumber or denial, get out of that state FAST !
060727: FAREWELL TO THAI I.D.s AND HELLO TO MULTI-PURPOSE SMART CARD -- Thailand introduced a new Smart Card Identification to its citizens
-- Traditional Thai paper I.Ds had become a thing of the past for Thai citizens. The Thai Government had recently introduced and issued a new multi-purpose Smart Card Identification to its citizens throughout the country as from July 2006. More
060721: REAL ID TO BE A COMPUTERIZED SMART CARD (Jim Goodrick, 5 Doves) -- Finally ... we read in print that REAL ID is positioned to be a "Smart Card" ( containing a multifunctional microprocessor chip ). ( We all knew it was heading in that direction ) More
060715: RIGHT HAND CHIP+SINGLE GLOBAL CURRENCY (Jim Goodrick, 5 Doves) -- Raise your RIGHT hand for chip implant -- July 15, 2006 -- Ed: The following article is very revealing in that this is the FIRST time the phrase "RIGHT hand" is used in regards to the Verichip. They are following the script in Rev. 13 perfectly, even though Revelation/ Apocalypse was written over 2,000 years ago!
This article cannot be referring to "under the right arm" ( phrase also used in this article ) for financial transactions, as that would be impossible to work with scanners at the grocery store. So -- just like the title says-- we will use our " RIGHT hand" eventually for scanning at all POS (point of sale) terminals. More
060703: EXCLUSIVE: FINGERPRINT SCANDAL OF 700,000 KIDS -- EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS STORING DATA TRIGGER FEARS
-- FURY erupted yesterday after it emerged an estimated 700,000 children are being fingerprinted at school.
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060600: "ARE YOU WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE" THE FINGERPRINT CREDIT CARD IS UPON US.
-- SmartMetric, Inc. a Wall Street company has developed a means to reliably answer this deceptively simple question. It has developed the world's first practical fingerprint microchip/sensor for use in any type of wallet-sized plastic card-credit cards, ID cards, smart cards, drivers licenses, passports and more.More
060524: NYC MAYOR ADVOCATES U.S WORKER DATABASE
-- New York - Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg thrust himself into the national immigration debate Wednesday, advocating a plan that would establish a DNA or fingerprint database to track and verify all legal U.S. workers.
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060321: ALL US CITIZENS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL ID CARD BY 2008 -- The Real ID Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Bush on May 11, 2005, mandates that all U.S. citizens will receive a National ID card by May of 2008. More
060221: 
BIOMETRICS, ID CARDS, TAGGING, DNA KITS BEING PUSHED ON KIDS
-- A Reader has alerted us to the following website and stalls all around the country that are actively pushing biometrics, ID cards and "do it yourself" DNA kits on children.
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051025: PASSPORTS TO GET RFID CHIP IMPLANTS -- All U.S. passports will be implanted with remotely readable computer chips starting in October 2006, the Bush administration has announced.
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050706: MICROSOFT TO BUILD RFID INTO WINDOWS -- ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ALIEN TECHNOLOGY...
-- Microsoft is planning to make RFID applications and tag-readers compatible with Windows.
According to Scott Woodgate, group product manager of business processes for Microsoft, the company is trying to integrate RFID programs with the operating system and make the majority of devices work with plug-and-play functionality. More
050412: UK TO USE PASSPORTS TO BUILD NATIONAL FINGERPRINT DATABASE -- Mandatory fingerprinting of new UK passport applicants is to begin next year, as a "building block" for a future ID card scheme, according to a Guardian report The Government's ID Card Bill was spiked after the election was announced, but the Government is said to contend that as passports are issued under royal prerogative, it doesn't need legislation to demand fingerprints from passport applicants. More
050126: RFID INVADES THE CAPITAL -- WASHINGTION -- A new smartcard, the type privacy advocates fear because it combines biometric data with radio tags, will soon be one of the most common ID cards in Washington.More
050126: STATES TO TEST ID CHIPS ON FOREIGN VISITORS -- The United States is eyeing a controversial tracking technology to aid tightened immigration controls at border crossings to Mexico and Canada.More
050114: EYE FLIGHT: IRIS SCAN FOR JFK PASSENGERS -- The airport will be home to a new pilot program that uses high-tech eye scans to speed pre-registered passengers through security and customs checkpoints.
"Our vision is to enhance our security and facilitate the legitimate flow of trade and travel to and from the U.S.," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced yesterday in the Netherlands a country that has used a similar eye-scan program since 2001. More
041212: TSA WIDENS TEST OF BIOMETRIC IDS -- The U.S. government is spending $25 million this fiscal year to road test a universal secure identity card loaded with biometric and personal data and tied to government "watch lists." Though the program is aimed at simplifying the security checks that airport personnel and other transportation workers must go through, privacy experts are warning of unintended consequences. More
041015: NATIONAL ID CARDS URGED IN TERROR WAR -- SENIOR federal police are urging the Howard Government to consider introducing a national identity card to help combat terrorism. More
041005: MASSIVE SMARTCARD ROLLOUT IN SOUTH AFRICA -- The smart card industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale rollouts set to begin in 2005 and several more waiting in the wings. More than 50-million smart cards are expected to be issued in 2004 and
2005 combined. More
040930: MALAYSIA ISSUES DUAL INTERFACE 'MyKad' ID CARD NATIONWIDE -- By the end of 2005, all Malaysian citizens over the age of 12 will be carrying a dual interface contact/ contactless smart card as their national ID. With a population of 23 million, the Malaysian program is both one of the world's first national ID card programs and one of the largest issuances of dual interface technology. The multi-purpose MyKad cards incorporate both government and private sector applications onto a single card. More
040913: IRIS ID -- BIOMETRICS USE VOICE-PRINTING, RETINAL SCANNING AND FINGERPRINTING TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS SECURE -- For Paul Kapioski, owner of a Thriftway gourmet grocery store franchise in Seattle, paying for groceries has gotten a lot easier — and a lot more secure.More
040907: MILLIONS COULD BE FINGERPRINTED UNDER BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION PLANS -- OTTAWA (CP) - Virtually every newcomer to Canada would be fingerprinted and photographed under ambitious federal security proposals, The Canadian Press has learned.
A newly obtained report shows the government is looking at the collection and use of biometric data of about one million people annually, from visitors and refugee claimants to permanent residents and new citizens.More
040805: NASA LAUNCHES ACCESS SYSTEM
-- The U.S. space agency will run a trial of an RFID-based access control system, the first in the world to use the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS) standard. More
040718: OTTOWA TO INTRODUCE BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS-- COMPUTER CHIP WILL HOLD DIGITAL INFORMATION ON HOLDER
-- Paper airline tickets are on their way out, with the major airlines of the world moving to a ticketless system to lower operating costs and improve service to customers. Other plans to reduce costs include moving to all self-service check ins, home printing of boarding passes and using RFID tags for luggage. More
040607: AIRLINES INDUSTRY PLANS GLOBAL PAPERLESS TICKETS
-- Paper airline tickets are on their way out, with the major airlines of the world moving to a ticketless system to lower operating costs and improve service to customers. Other plans to reduce costs include moving to all self-service check ins, home printing of boarding passes and using RFID tags for luggage.More
040601: EUROPEAN HEALTH CARD AVAILABLE -- EU citizens of thirteen countries can apply as of today (1 June) for a European Health Insurance Card. The card would secure students and job seekers free emergency care throughout the EU.More
040402: US FINGERPRINTS 'ALLIED' VISITORS -- A US requirement for visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed is being expanded to include citizens from America's closest allies. More
040318: THE MIDDLE EAST LEADS THE WAY IN NATIONAL ID CARDS -- While proposed chip-based national ID cards in such places as China and the United Kingdom get the most attention, countries in one region of the world are quietly moving ahead with plans for rollouts of millions of cards. More
040223: JAPANESE BANK USES BIOMETRICS -- BANK of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, one of Japan's top four banks, said it will introduce a new biometric security system for cash machines which can identify customers from the pattern of veins in their hands.Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi said it will start equipping its automated teller machines (ATMs) with the new system later this year. More
040213: IRIS SCANNING TO BEGIN AT GERMAN AIRPORT -- A test of an iris-scanning system is set to begin Saturday at the Frankfurt, Germany, airport, as part of a project involving 18 European countries. More
040126: DEAN CALLED FOR MICROCHIP ID CARD TO USE THE INTERNET -- After Howard Dean's unexpected defeat last week in Iowa, public attention has focused on his temper, his character, and that guttural Tyrannosaurus bellow of his not-quite-a-concession speech. But Dean's views on Americans' privacy rights may be a superior test of his fitness to be president. More
040114: HOMELAND SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PIPELINE -- NEW YORK Going to the airport soon could resemble a scene from "Mission Impossible" — security personnel snap your photo and scan your fingerprints, analysts run your name through a web of computer systems and the government assigns you a color to designate your threat potential. More
031201: SMARTCARDS 'N MICROCHIPS -- It has been one of the primary objectives of the banking industry to eliminate the use of coin and currency from society. A couple of reasons why they are doing this. First, there is "no money" for the banks in the use of cash. Individuals could use cash in all of their transactions without the prospect of paying a bank service fee each time they did so. Secondly, the banking industry would have 100% control over all of our financial dealings with the elimination of coin and currency. More
031029: PASSENGERS TO USE FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR TOKYO AIRPORT -- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has introduced a new way for passengers to check in to Tokyo's Narita airport using a very distinctive form of ID – their face.Travellers will have their faces scanned in the departure lobby and again at the boarding gates by two types of "e-check in" machines at the airport, which will use biometrics technology to verify the identity of the passenger, which the airline describes as the "first of their kind in the world." . More
031021: EU PLANS ID CARD -- HEALTH IDENTITY TO STORE BIOMETRIC, PERSONAL DATA ON MICROCHIP -- The European Union took its first step yesterday towards the creation of an EU-wide health identity card able to store a range of biometric and personal data on a microchip by 2008. Approved by Union ministers in Luxembourg, the plastic disk will slide into the credit-card pouch of a wallet or purse.More
030812: CHINA BEGINS EFFORT TO REPLACE CITIZENS ID's WITH DIGITAL CARDS -- BEIJING -- China is about to embark on the world's biggest experiment in the use of electronic identification cards, which next year will begin to replace the paper national ID cards carried by 960 million Chinese citizens.
The core of the new ID cards is an embedded microchip storing an individual's personal information, which can be read electronically and checked against databases kept by China's security authorities. Residents of most major cities also will carry other chip-based cards that control access to social services.More
030722: US NAMES THE DAY FOR BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS -- A senior US government official has laid out detailed plans for the timing and form of US government issued biometric passports. More
030714: HOW YOU CAN PAY BILLS IN BLINK OF AN EYE -- A LOTHIAN firm has developed a futuristic iris scanner which will allow the public to pay bills in an instant.
Said to be the first of its kind in Europe, the machine represents the latest in cash-free payment systems.More
030528: STUDENTS WILL SCAN FOR MEALS -- AKRON SCHOOL BOARD OK's FINGERPRINTSYSTEM --Akron students will be fingerprinted beginning this fall to identify them in school lunch lines. After a lengthy debate, school board members voted 5-2 Tuesday to spend $700,000 on a controversial, modernized cafeteria system.More
030512: SOON, A SMART PASSPORT THAT WILL LET SECURITY OFFICIALS UNLOCK THE REAL YOU -- Digital photographs of about four million Australians are stored in a government database for use in biometric passports expected next year.
An encrypted or "locked" copy of the photo will be saved to a smartcard in the passport, although passport holders won't be able to see it. A conventional photo will also still be used.More
030505: FRANCE &U.S.: HIGH-TECH CHIP-DRIVEN 'PASSPORT OF THE FUTURE' -- Despite a deep rift over Iraq, France and the United States agreed Monday to work together on a high-tech "passport of the future" as part of the international fight against terrorism and organized crime. The 2 countries have agreed to jointly chair a working group of the important G8 states which will hammer out the technical norms for chip-driven identity papers of the future.More
030421: N.J. SCHOOLS TESTING EYE REGOGNITION -- PLUMSTED, N.J. - The biggest security breach in recent memory in this small central New Jersey school district happened when a parent forgot to sign in at the office before delivering cupcakes to a child's classroom.
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030221: BIOMETRIC CARD UNDER STUDY FOR PERMANENT (CANADIAN) RESIDENTS -- TEST ORDERED ON FINGERPRINT-READING DEVICES -- The federal government is working on a pilot project that could see permanent residents fingerprinted and the information embedded in their permanent resident cards, the Montreal Gazette has learned.More
030221: EU MEDICAL CARD BY 2004 -- Millions of people across Europe will be able to apply for a new EU medical smartcard from next year.
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030208: CASHLESS SOCIETY GETS MIXED REVIEWS -- PARIS, France (AP) -- France is leaping toward a cashless future with a nationwide launch this year of computerized "smart cards," a concept that has so far failed to entice many American, British and German consumers.
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030129: CUSTOMS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES SMARTGATE TECHNOLOGY -- The Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison, has confirmed international interest in passport photo-matching technology launched officially in Sydney today.More
030129: MORE COUNTRIES ISSUE ID CARDS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS IN U.S
-- Guatemala, Honduras, Poland, Peru and El Salvador, aware of Mexico's success in getting identification cards to its citizens in the United States, including those here illegally, have begun or are considering issuing cards of their own, federal officials said yesterday.
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030123: FACES AND EYES RIVAL PASSWORDS -- Biometric technology which identifies people by the shape of the face, pattern of the iris or fingerprint is going to play a greater part in our lives. This is the message from the US military, which has a special team devoted to testing out the latest biometric systems.
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030114: FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM OPERATIONAL -- The European Union will clamp down on false asylum claims with the launch on Wednesday of a new Eurodac system to track asylum seekers and illegal immigrants through their fingerprint records.More
030108: SCHOOL TO USE EYE SCANNER FOR LUNCH FEES -- LONDON -- A new high school said Wednesday its students will be charged for their lunches with a retina scanning device to prevent poor children who eat for free from being ridiculed in the cafeteria.More
021224: KROGER LETS SHOPPERS PAY VIA FINGERPRINT -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suppose you endured the checkout line at the grocery store only to find that you were short on cash, or you'd forgotten your wallet. What if you could settle the bill with just the touch of your finger? More
021221: VOICE HOLD THE KEY -- The days when your voice could replace your computer login and your home keys are not far off, as BBC World ClickOnline's Ian Hardy reports. More
021213: MASTERCARD TEST HIGH-TECH PAYMENTS -- MasterCard is testing a new credit-card system designed to speed the payment process at check-out counters and replace cash transactions at places such as movie theaters and fast food restaurants.More
021121: BANK OF AMERICA TESTS PURCHASE CARDS -- Executives at Bank of America Corp., one of the largest banks in the United States, has launched a pilot program that could turn out to be either another step in the evolution of a cashless economy or a total bust.
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021004: BELGIUM PLANS DIGITAL ID CARDS -- A decision in Brussels to create a controversial ID card could radically alter the way citizens interact with government.
The card will have a digital certificate embedded on it which will allow Belgian citizens to communicate online with government.
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020926: CUSTOMS, TRAVELLERS WILL SOON SEE EYE TO EYE -- IRISSCANS PROMISE QUICKER TRIPS THROUGH AIRPORTS.
-- If you're thinking that the $39 million iris-scanning program announced for Canada's major airports yesterday is just a clever new way to avoid those sometimes awkward and embarrassing eyeball-to-eyeball encounters with customs agents, think again.
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020831: POLICE ASKS STORES TO TAKE FINGERPRINTS -- ARLINGTON - Police are asking businesses to voluntarily participate in a program to take customers' fingerprints if they pay by check. Operation Thumbs Up, scheduled to begin citywide Sunday, aims to help authorities identify check theft and forgery by obtaining a source of identification that can't be stolen or faked - fingerprints. The system is similar to those used by banks that require fingerprints on checks.More
020812: U.S TO BEGIN FINGERPRINTING ALIENS -- WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department ( news - web sites) has chosen Sept. 11 as the starting date for a new program that will require tens of thousands of foreign visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed at the border, U.S. officials announced Monday.
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020725: NATIONAL ID: AN AMERICAN HORROR STORY -- "Show me your papers. Where have you been? Where are you going? What authorization do you have to be here? Please come with me." Lines from an old World War II movie about Nazi Germany? Dialog from the old Soviet Union? An American nightmare? All three, actually.
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020720: FACE RECOGNITION FAILS IN BOSTON AIRPORT -- Test runs of the Visionics (now Identix) magical face-recognition terrorist finder at Boston's Logan Airport have failed miserably, as expected.More
020427: THE LATEST WAY TO PAY IS AT OUR FINGERTIPS -- Shoppers headed for the West Seattle Thriftway Wednesday can leave their credit cards, debit cards and checks at home. They just need to make sure to bring their index fingers.
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020227: JUST RELEASED IN TEST, TIMEX WATCH FIRST EVER TO FEATURE REVOLUTIONARY SPEEDPASS SYSTEM -- Just a Wave of Your Wrist (Watch) --
New technology may soon allow you to carry your wallet on your wrist, and purchase everything from gas at the pump to fries at McDonald's simply by waving your watch. It will mean the ultimate in convenience, without the need to carry cash or credit cards.More
080202: AIRPORT TESTS PASSENGER EYE ID'S -- Heathrow Airport is testing a new hi-tech identity system which examines a passenger's eye, rather than their passport as they go through immigration control.
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020207: FACE FACTS: BIOMETRICS IS FUTURE OF SECURITY -- DIGITAL BODY-PART SCANS SEEN AS MORE RELIABLE ID'S -- Aviation security experts say the day is nearing when passwords, PIN numbers and photo identification will be backed up by an even surer form of proof: a digitized scan of part of your body.More
020206: VISA REFORM BILL IN WOKRS -- CALLS FOR BIOMETRIC INFO IN 'SMART CARDS' TO TRACK FOREIGN VISITORS. -- A California Republican has introduced a new visa reform bill that would require the federal government to employ the latest technology to better categorize and track foreign visitors, including "machine-readable visas containing biometric information." .More
020121: NATIONAL ID IN DEVELOPMENT -- WASHINGTON — With the nation's nerves still raw from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, some federal and state authorities are hoping the public is primed to accept a national identification card. But the public's willingness to trade some privacy for the promise of increased security seems to be slipping.More
020100: INFINIT-E TAPPED FOR US-BASED PROJECTS -- The Philippines once again demonstrated abroad its expertise in the IT field as Infinit-E Inc., together with sister company Mondex Philippines, is to take part in a series of projects involving the implementation of chip-based card technology in different parts of the United States.More
011217: NATIONAL ID CARD GAINING SUPPORT -- Navy Petty Officer Wellington Jimenez walked into the identification room at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn one day recently and gave his name, rank and fingerprint. In return, he got a token of the future: a plastic ID card embedded with a computer chip.More
011214: REFUGEES MEETING HEARS PROPOSAL TO REGISTER EVERY HUMAN IN -- Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal immigration and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations meeting today. More
Ed.Note: The Universal Mark of the Beast is rapidly approaching.
011212: FINGERPRINTS REPLACING PASSWORDS -- NEW YORK - One side effect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington has been a surge of interest in biometric security. More
011114: SECURITY PANEL SEEKS NAT'l ID CARDS -- ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An anti-terrorism committee created in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center will call for creation of a national identification card system and federal government take over of airport security, according to its chairman. More
011103: STATES DEVISING PLAN FOR HIGH-TECH NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS -- State motor vehicle authorities are working on a plan to create a national identification system for individuals that would link all driver databases and employ high-tech cards with a fingerprint, computer chip or other unique identifier.
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011101: NATIONAL ID CARD READY AFTER SECRET TRIAL -- THE Home Office has secretly created a prototype national identity card in preparation for the introduction of ID cards for all Britons. More
011029: PENTAGON UNVEILS 'SMART' ID CARDS -- WASHINGTON The nation's increasingly high-tech soldiers are getting another computer in their arsenal – this one wallet-sized. The Pentagon began arming four million troops and civilians on Monday with "smart" ID cards that will allow them to open secure doors, get cash, buy food – and soon check out weapons and other military hardware. More
011029: BIOMETRIC SMART-CARD BORDER CONTROL IMPLEMENTED IN ISRAEL
-- Rosh Pina, Israel – October 29, 2001 – OTI (Neuer Markt: OT5) today announced that the biometrics-based contactless smart card border-crossing system has moved into the initial implementation stage. The system authenticates an individual's identity by incorporating the use of state-of-the-art, contactless microprocessor-based smart cards and biometrics technologies to allow automatic, secure border passage through an integrated ID gate system. More
011025: THE BEAST HAS AWOKEN -- PART 2, ATM CARD USERS ARE HALFWAY THERE
-- According to an article published on the L.A. Times yesterday, the national ID card system proposed by Larry Ellison of the Oracle Corporation is destined for the scrap heap of history that is, if you only read the headline. What newspaper publishers know is that most readers tend to go no further than halfway through a story before drawing a conclusion and then move on. This is sad because the second half of this article published on the L.A. Times paints a very clear and chilling warning about this technology -- it is coming! More
011025: AMSTERDAM AIRPORT DEBUTS IRIS SCAN
-- AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Faster than a rubber stamp, more secure than a fingerprint, the iris scan has made its debut at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for priority passengers rushing through passport control. More
211001: SHOPPERS HAVE FINGER ON PULSE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY -- Shoppers across Australia could soon be paying for purchases using their fingerprints instead of credit cards.
Several leading retailers are in talks with an American company pioneering technology that will enable customers to pay simply by pressing their fingertip against a sensor, then entering a password. More
011019: A CASHLESS ATM
011016: ID CARD IDEA ATTRACTS HIGH-LEVEL SUPPORT -- TOP EXECUTIVES, LAWMAKERS BACK NATIONAL IENTIFICATION CARD PROPOSAL -- Silicon Valley software mogul Larry Ellison's proposal to create a national ID card has gained substantial ground -- and the interest of top Bush administration officials -- in a signal that the controversial idea may be closer to reality than ever. More
011014: A COMMON ACCESS CARD
011011: SUN MICRO CEO SEES MORE SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL ID -- ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW - news), said Thursday his long-held belief the United States needs a national identity system has gained a lot of traction since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news - web sites). More
011005: TECHNOLOGY FOR TAMPER RESISTENT ID CARDS -- Some of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks had forged driver's licenses and other fake ID cards. Now, say some experts, it's time to give paper-based card systems a technological boost. More
011001: WILL IT BE CASH, CHECK OR FINGER -- Fingerprints, long stigmatized by their association with crime scenes and police stations, may get an image boost when people start using them to pay for everything from Big Macs to groceries. More
010900: BABYTAG - BIOMETRIC INFANT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM -- Project Description: The BABYTAG BT001 is a self-contained, stand-alone computer system that uses modern solid-state fingerprint sensors to obtain and match infant fingerprints. The BT001 uses the fingerprints of a newborn infant to positively link the infant to its mother and to identify the infant in the event that traditional mechanisms such as wrist and ankle bands fail. In the event of a multiple birth, this technology can also be used to distinguish each newborn. In addition to the identification of the infant, the BT001 can also be used to identify and track all staff, visitors and relatives that handle the infant. This helps to prevent infant theft and serves to positively identify those individuals who have been granted access to the infant. More
010923: WE'RE ALL TO HAVE ID CARDS -- COMPULSORY identity cards may be brought back for the first time since the Second World War, Home Secretary David Blunkett warned yesterday. More
010919: EXPERTS SEE A HIGH-SECURITY AMERICA OF SURVEILLANCE AND SEIZURES -- CONGRESS SET TO EASE TAPS ON COMPUTERS -- -- NEW YORK -- Security experts in the United States are describing a new kind of country that could emerge, where electronic identification might become the norm, immigrants might be tracked far more closely and the airspace over cities like New York and Washington might be off-limits to all civilian aircraft.More
010919: FACE -- ID TECHNOLOGY GAINS NEW SUPPORT -- The face-recognition technology that had lawmakers and civil libertarians so worried a few weeks ago is gaining new support after last week's terrorist attacks. More
010916: BONO URGES CONSTITUENTS TO BE READY FOR SACRIFICES -- Rep. Mary Bono, R-Palm Springs, on Friday warned that the country should prepare for a fight against international terrorists that will likely include personal sacrifice, the use of ground troops overseas and the risk of retaliation against civilians by the enemy.More
010913: PRIVACY TRADE-OFFS REASSESSED -- OBJECTIONS TO SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY FACE NEW TEST AFTER ATTACK -- When the FBI came knocking a year ago, asking Internet companies to install an e-mail eavesdropping program so that the bureau could catch potential criminals, many executives balked. It was, they said, an invasion of personal privacy. But yesterday, when the agents came seeking information that might help them find the perpetrators of the attacks that likely killed thousands at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, some were willing -- even eager -- to help out.
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010809: FACE-SCAN TECHNOLOGY SELLING IN CHINA -- WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The company that supplied controversial face recognition technology to scan people on the streets of Tampa, Fla., is working with commercial partners in China to supply the same technology there. Face recognition software analyzes the spaces and angles between up to 80 key points on a person's face. Data from only 14 to 20 such points is enough to create a unique digital "face print" that can then be compared to a pre-existing database of face prints -- derived, for example, from pictures of wanted criminals. More
010808: EYE SCANNING FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION -- New research backs up the potential of automatic iris recognition as a security tool to replace keys and personal identification numbers (PIN). Databases the size of entire nations could be searched in parallel to make a confident identification decision.More
010724: STUDENTS FACE CONTROVERSIAL NEW LUNCH-LINE TECHNOLOGY
-- Starting this fall, some students will buy their lunch simply by looking at a web camera in the school cafeteria and saying their name, thanks to a food service company that is tapping face and voice recognition technology.
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010705: BANK ADDS DIGITAL ID's -- Three major banks earlier this week started offering services that let business customers make secure B2B transactions using digital certificates based on the Identrus standard. More
010704: COLO. TO 'MAP' FACES OF DRIVERS
--First it was the photo-radar vans snapping pictures of Denver-area speeders.
Now, some fear Big Brother's roving eye soon will be watching all of Colorado with the arrival of a new European import called "face recognition."More
010700: IBM Cards --Buying over the Internet, debit transactions, long-distance credit card purchases -- society is rapidly moving in the direction of mass electronic commerce. "Smart cards," or the plastic cards that resemble standard credit cards but contain a wealth of information embedded on tiny microprocessors, are a big component of electronic commerce. IBM is in the forefront of developing smart card technology and standards that will help make this technology a universal medium for storing and transferring all kinds of information. To find our more about IBM's smart cart work, check out how it works
010625: STUDENTS PUT DOCTOR IN YOUR POCKET -- A team of Brigham Young University engineering students thinks its members may have a smart idea using "smart cards". They have built a new prototype the size of a credit card called the Poket Doktor -- a kind of wireless medical bracelet -- that can transmit important medical information about the patient. More
010508: VISA 'SMART CARD' TECHNOLOGY ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME -- Visa U.S.A Inc. yesterday announced that the hardware and software needed for point-of-sales (POS) systems to read the embedded chip technology in its smart cards is now available, and said bank card processors supporting 80% of Visa's card volume can now process smart card payment transactions. More
010427: ELIMINATING CASH FROM FAST-FOOD TRANSACTIONS -- Even as ExxonMobil Corp.'s SpeedPass transponder begins expanding from its base at Mobil gas stations to the Exxon side of the house, the SpeedPass network folks are looking at new expansion for the easy-pay service. Specifically, said Joe Giordano, vice president of business and product development for ExxonMobil's SpeedPass Network division, the company is examining uses at fast-food joints, grocery and convenience stores, coffeehouses, and vending machines. Already being tested at nine McDonald's restaurants in Chicago, SpeedPass later this year will add new features designed to appeal to a wider audience: a loyalty program that incorporates both fast-food and gas purchases and an improved customer-preference database. Source: TechWeb
010424: BIG BLUE'S BIG BROTHER LAB -- SAN JOSE, California -- Viewing the future through the eyes of IBM scientists at the Almaden Research Center is both awesome and unnerving. Imagine living in a world with sensors inserted everywhere, including sunglasses, so any time you meet new people their names appear before your eyes. Source: More
010423: MASTERCARD SETS PLAN FOR IP-BASED GLOBAL PAYMENT NETWORK -- Calling it the most sweeping technology change in its history, MasterCard International Inc. last week unveiled plans to develop a new global payment processing system that will use the credit card company's IP network to link its 20,000 member banks to retailers and other merchants.More
010000: CYBERBROTHER IS WATCHING -- Imagine a world where just about everything about you is recorded on a state-run computer available to bureaucrats, police, credit agencies, banks, the post office and hordes of other groups and people.
Imagine not having to file an income tax form every year, or sending out change-of-address notices or renewing your driver's license, because all the information concerning these personal matters is part of a nationwide data bank.
That world exists – it's called Finland. Every single citizen has a "citizenship ID card" and a personal identification number, and all his personal and public data is recorded in thousands of databases all networked by the helpful bureaucrats in Helsinki. More
010420: Cyberbrother Is Watching -- Imagine a world where just about everything about you is recorded on a state-run computer available to bureaucrats, police, credit agencies, banks, the post office and hordes of other groups and people. More
010415: NEW ID CARD WILL CURB FRAUD -- A NATIONAL identity card that would check the credentials of benefits claimants, NHS patients and taxpayers is to be unveiled after the election.
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010331: FINGERPRINT MAY SOON BE NEEDED TO BUY GROCERIES -- The day will come when you put your finger on a scanning device to prove who you are before you engage in transactions at retail stores, ATMs, banks and even when you buy groceries. One company making such a device is engaged in a pilot project with the nation's largest grocery chain. More
010321: ITALY ISSUES FIRST ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARD -- (IDG) -- Interior Minister Enzo Bianco on Saturday issued Italy's first electronic identity card, making the Mediterranean nation the world's second country, after Finland, to introduce the IT-friendly document. More
010220: TAX NUMBERS SPARK DEVIL OF A ROW IN CHURCH -- SENIOR clerics and theologians of the Orthodox Church met in extraordinary conclave yesterday to decide whether changes to Russia's tax system heralded the coming of the Antichrist. Held in one of Russia's most venerated monasteries, the conference sought to allay fears of an imminent apocalypse and prevent a schism over how to respond to the tax reforms. A row over the introduction of an individual number for each taxpayer has raged with such passion that thousands of believers have boycotted the codes and some dioceses have been paralysed by panic over the changes. More
010207: FEDS USE BIOMETRICS AGAINST SUPER BOWL FANS -- Super Bowl 2001 fans were secretly treated to a mass, biometric scan in which video cameras tied to a temporary law-enforcement command centre digitised their faces and compared them against photographic lists of known malefactors.
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001130: 'Digital signature' to fight Internet fraud -- BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- As the Internet fast becomes the place to shop, more people than ever are reluctant to send their credit card details via the Net fearing that the information could fall into the wrong hands. More
000701: Clinton signs e-signature bill into law -- SPHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- President Clinton took the unusual step Friday of ushering in a revolution in the formalization of Internet commerce by signing the long-awaited e-signatures bill into law -- symbolically using new digital signature technology to do so.
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