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Card Makers Say UK Citizens Want Biometric ID Cards

Posted by timothy on from the what-a-coincidence dept.

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?"

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  1. Damn those retinal scans.... by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

  2. Whew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a second there I thought it said RECTAL scans!

    1. Re:Whew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who would have thought that the Goatse.cx guy was just trying to certify his identity? I guess he was just ahead of the rest of us...

  3. MS passport by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    [/sarcasm]

  4. In other news.. by MrLint · · Score: 4, Funny

    Card makers say the mind control satellites are up to 80% effectiveness.