Don't smile for UK Big Brother's passport pix

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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.

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