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Story: Police chief criticises ID cards scheme
Reasons why biometric ID cards will make bad problems worse
Following details show that these ID cards will make bad problems worse and hence should not be implemented at any cost.
These biometric ID cards will not be effective where there is no reading equipment and hence they will
Like Chip and PIN system divert fraud to other sectors and
Provide fraudsters option to use fakes of these cards as IDs. So rather than deterring these cards will boost more identity fraud.
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