BTW this anecdote might interest Yonathan Klinger and other anti-bio-id activists since it could be pointing a fatal flaw in the system. On 15 Mar 2015 9:26 pm, "Gabor Szabo" <ga...@szabgab.com> wrote:
> A few weeks ago I asked to get a biometric ID. They took my finger prints > and asked all kinds of funny questions to make sure its me. > Today I went to pick up my new ID and their system could not recognize my > finger prints. > > I got a bit nervous, but they calmed me down that I have nothing to worry > because the finger prints are only for the Interior Ministry and they are > sure the one in the system matches the one on my finger and that I will > only need it when dealing with Interior Ministry and they will mark in the > system that the fingerprints did not match when I received the ID. > > So apparently they have a field in the database for this information. > > They offered to order a new biometric card - claiming that the problem is > only in the card, > but they can only do that if first they give the broken one to me. > > So I'd have a card that can identify me "without any doubt", except that > the fingerprint in it cannot be matched to mine. > > I asked if I could get a new non-biometric ID, but I was told I cannot any > more. Once I signed up for biometric ID, I cannot go back. > > Madness. > > Gabor > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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