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Biometric ID Cards Ready For Trial In UK

Posted by timothy on from the read-the-article dept.

0ctal writes "Looks like us lucky Brits are getting ID cards no matter what... A 10,000 user trial starts next week. There's been a fair amount of debate on this recently, and it's been coming for some time, but live trials are sooner than expected. The trial is set up to evaluate three competing biometric products. Qinetiq, quoted by the story, are a government backed company set up to use MoD tech in civilian apps."

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  1. Politics/slashdot joke by bcmm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our New Labour overlords...

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  2. Re:A good Q&A on this from the BBC too... by LoocSiMit · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm constantly astounded at how badly some 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants speak English.

    I'm constantly astounded at how badly some 20th and 30th generation immigrants speak English.

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