Big Brother database

[David K. Merriman]

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>> >Do we then have a de facto (cardless) national ID?  I think so.
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>> You got it, Bunky.
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>There's an article in Forbes (the latest copy?) about a company that's 
>making thermal scanning devices which can identify people via the pattern 
>of blood vessels in their face.  The advantage of this system over 
>fingerprinting is that it can be done without letting the target know he 
>or she's being identified.

Oh, hot diggitey - just what we *always* needed.....

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