"Government data"? I never realized that my fingerprints didn't belong to me. -hedges- >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:40:16 -0800 >From: David Miller <dm0at_private> >Organization: Gizmonics Institute >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: cypherpunksat_private >Subject: Spanish biometric project 45% complete >Sender: owner-cypherpunksat_private >Precedence: first-class >Reply-To: David Miller <dm0at_private> >X-Loop: cypherpunksat_private > >>Business Systems Magazine, Feb. 1998, p. 78: > >>BIOMETRICS PROTECTS GOVERNMENT DATA > >>For example, Spain's government recently integrated biometric >>verification units in 633 informational kiosks that will >>eventually be used by 7 million citizens (the project is 45% >>complete). >>... >>The 633 kiosks are located in various government offices in >>the Andalusia region of Spain, says John Souder, program >>manager for Unisys. The Spanish Government plans to implement >>the kiosks nationwide. >>... >>To use the kiosks, citizens had to obtain a smart card with >>their name and an ID number. Citizens also had to be "enrolled" >>in the system. During the enrollment process, each citizen's >>right or left index fingerprint is scanned and stored to the >>smart card. That way, the system can verify the citizen using >>the card is the same person authorized to use it. >>... >>Citizens can then access databases for the National Institute >>of Social Security; the National Institute of Employment; the >>General Treasury of Social Security and the Social Institute >>For Sea Workers. >
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