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Card Makers Say UK Citizens Want Biometric ID Cards
ArsonPanda writes "ZDnet is running a story on a recent survey in the UK showing overwhelming 80% public support of universal, biometricly enhanced citizen ID cards. Everybody here's fine with supplying the gubmit w/ your retinal scans and fingerprints, right?"
Honestly, you decide to change your eye color one day, and the next thing you know, all the billboards are calling you "Mr. Yakamoto".... :P
For a second there I thought it said RECTAL scans!
It is reported that in the UK, mandatory anal probes have an overwhelming approval rating
Why don't we just hand over all our biometric data to a trusted third party like microsoft. They could manage the identities of the entire population of the world and free up needed resources for governments.
passport.NET could handle this without any major changes.
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Card makers say the mind control satellites are up to 80% effectiveness.
If you want to be able to identify everybody? Why don't 'they' just implant something like an ibutton in every newborn child :P
Oh, and some explosive device so it can't be removed....
79% of UK survey respondents work for biometric ID card companies.
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It's somewhat depressing.
Hey, it's called "Year of the Sheep" for a reason.
MS says that US consumers want a copy of windows on all their computers and Ford believes that nobody wishes to buy GM cars anymore.
I mean, come on.
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I'd do so quite happily. I'd even make them a cup of tea and get some Hob Nobs out of the cupboard.
Proverb :
"Never trust statistics that you don't have personally manipulated"
Trolling using another account since 2005.
10% of all statistics are pulled out of some statistician's ass.
Uhh... Wait... :-)
Well apart from New Zealanders and Icelanders of course :-)
I'm sure the ad goes something like this....
Tired of people from other countries blowing themselves up at your bus stop? Worried that someone will fly a plane into your office building? Or how about those pesky terrorists that just love to sabotage the federal postal system?
Well, now with BIO-NID (Biometric National Identification) your worries are a thing of the past! One look at BIO-NID will have would-be hackers (terrorists) and terrorists (terrorists) shaking in their imported boots! Be the first one on your block to have BIO-NID, and be the life of the party! Just LOOK at this really hot chick. She thinks you should get BIO-NID.
Hot chick: Yes I do!
"BIO-NID, Security for the future"
The British Empire was one of the most evil institutions in human history.
Yes, damn those evil Brits, rampaging all over the world building roads, schools, hospitals, dams, playing cricket, freeing slaves, creating legal systems and drinking tea! If only Stalin had conquered the world instead!