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Story: ID cards unveiled in Queen's Speech

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Posted by: Linda Carolyn (Carol) Dines (Tuesday 23 November 2004, 8:27 PM)

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What is a facial scan? You know that people have facial reconstructive surgeries and face lifts more frequently now! What could not be changed beyond eyes which can also be damaged, and finger prints (my mother could not be properly fingerprinted for her newest drivers license here in Oklahoma due to her prints having become faded out due to her age 85) My mother's comment, was that "now all the 85 year old burgulars can have a field day ". What about inserting an ID under the skin like they do for dogs ( just kidding). I hope they can use DNA in some way which could be more quickly read perhaps coded out in a barcode for customs.

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