http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/06/passport_scanners/print.html Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/06/passport_scanners/ Home Office prohibits happy biometric passports By Lucy Sherriff (lucy.sherriff at theregister.co.uk) Published Friday 6th August 2004 10:08 GMT The Home Office says all new passport photographs must be of an unsmiling face with its gob firmly shut because open mouths can confuse facial recognition systems. <SNIP> ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. /|\ \|/ :They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country /\|/\ <--*-->:and our people, and neither do we." -G. W. Bush, 2004.08.05 \/|\/ /|\ : \|/ + v + : War is Peace, freedom is slavery, Bush is President. -------------------------------------------------------------------------