Hope for fingerprinting by 2006
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In a bid to improve security, ministers from five European countries said Monday they hoped to start digital fingerprinting for passports in 2006, but they split over
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THE NEWS: More than three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has not created a unified U.S. fingerprint database because of interagency disputes.
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If current plans succeed, travelers' facial and fingerprint data will be stored on embedded chips.
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For all their electronic sophistication, fingerprint scanners have a major shortcoming. So some new models are going beyond skin deep.
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By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 10--It's Sept. 10, 2001. Companies are pitching ideas for a digital emergency alert network, a 10-finger and palm-print scanner and a Web site dedicated to bioterrorism.
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The country will embed remotely readable RFID chips in license plates next year to crack down on car theft. While the technology might not deter thieves, it's surely a great way to track citizens. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday its first hardware products to use fingerprint recognition will go on sale next month, the Seattle Times reported.
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More than three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has failed to create a unified U.S. fingerprint database because of agency infighting, meaning most visitors to the country still aren't fully screened for terrorist or criminal ties, the Justice Department's watchdog warned Wednesday.
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U.S. border guards at busy northern crossings will start fingerprinting foreign visitors entering from Canada by the end of the year, a top official in the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
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The federal government wants U.S. residents with green cards, parolees and some Canadians to have their fingerprints checked every time they re-enter the U.S. by air or sea.
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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Friday called for a new international standard for putting biometric data such as fingerprints on passports, and said the technology could play a vital role in combating terrorism.
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The EU announces proposals for biometric fingerprinting of visitors from outside the European Union arriving at its borders.
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Geotagging could spur a new generation of services.
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The U.K. government is proposing legislation that would create a system of ID cards with embedded biometric identifiers that everyone living in the U.K. would be required to have by 2011 or 2012.
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Devices to power to PDAs, cell phones, and laptops could be available next year.
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U.S. officials said they would unveil on Friday reasonable and inexpensive national requirements to implement an identification-card program critics call a costly invasion of privacy.
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After signatures, fingerprints and iris recognition, 3-D face maps encoded onto ID cards and passports are unveiled today. The ground-breaking system of recording biometric information could be the key to our security.