Doesn't the idea that you can land somewhere and have your id "proven" by a piece of paper belong in distant past? It's an absolute relic that predates the telegraph.
Jim On 29 October 2015 at 15:13, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <b...@iimetro.com.au> wrote: > On 29/10/2015 9:45 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > > > http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-to-trial-cloud-passports-in-worldfirst-move-20151028-gkkkr3.html > > > > does this make any sense at all in terms of international roll-out? We > can't even do a decent national project, let alone something this crazy! > > Find yourself in Outer Mongolia? Hey! Just jump on the Net and grab from > the cloud! Simple! > > A passport is a form of ID. If you store passport details in the cloud > you'll still need some form of ID. > > I was at a security presentation the other day and the guy said that > biometrics as ID was a bad idea. If your PIN or password or two factor > authentication mechanism is compromised you can easily change it. Try > changing your biometrics...... > > -- > > Regards > brd > > Bernard Robertson-Dunn > Sydney Australia > email: b...@iimetro.com.au > web: www.drbrd.com > web: www.problemsfirst.com > Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
