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US Immigration Implements Biometric-based Border

Posted by michael on from the papers-please dept.

scubacuda writes "The NY Times reports (free registration) that immigrations officials are putting in place a sophisticated new identification system that uses ID cards encrypted with digital photos, signatures, biographical information and fingerprints that have been issued by the State Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service by the millions over the last five years. "With more information systems, there are more opportunities for abuse," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which is pushing the government to release more information on its biometric plans."

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  1. AMERICA: LAND OF THE FREE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    there you go!!! now face it...

    Your goverment is completely FUBAR...

    Support terrorists NOW and kill your politicans

    free your country from that texanian weirdo and become friend of europe again!!!

  2. BUSH MUST BE STOPPED! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ask yourself why the US government ALLOWED the planes to hit the WTC...

    They knew about the hijacking 2 HOURS before hand, but did NOTHING to stop it...

    Did bush just ALLOW it to happen? or did he PLAN it?

    BUSH CAUSED 9/11 BUSH IS A KILLER BUSH IS HITLER

  3. Re:Amusing read... by Eunuchswear · · Score: 0, Troll
    And, as of 20:40 UTC 9/2/2003 this is marked (score: 0).


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