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Old 04-27-2010, 01:05 PM   #38
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Only biometrics-based real-time ID verification will solve this dilemma. Until the world implements such a system, no ID card system will be very foolproof (even a biometric-based system won't be 100% foolproof, but it's probably as close as we'll ever get).
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biometric systems would have to be initiated at birth, but then who would certify the identity of parents ....
What Geoff said. It's a hole/bucket situation - how do you prove the person you're taking the fingerprints/retina scan/biometric measure of choice from is who they say they are?
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