High tech gadget instantly reveals identities
Police officials are excited about a new high tech gadget that will make their jobs a little bit easier.
Through a Homeland Security grant, Los Angeles County purchased 500… Continue reading
A £500,000 biometric fingerprint entry security system is to be installed at the Busy Bees children’s nurseries chain.
The system from UK Biometrics will allow parents and carers easy access to the nurseries while ensuring unauthorised… Continue reading
Fingerprints are considered to be among the most personal of information, and fingerprint databases created and proposed in the name of national security have generated much debate. Recently, “Server in the Sky” — a… Continue reading
The Bush administration moved forward on Friday with a program to expand collecting DNA samples from people in federal custody.
But it was unclear how federal laboratories would be able to… Continue reading
Underage drinkers who attempt to buy alcohol may be thwarted by the technology that police use to identify suspected criminals.
A supermarket chain is introducing face recognition cameras to prevent staff mistakenly selling cigarettes… Continue reading
Millions of public sector workers, including teachers and nurses, could be the first in Britain forced to carry controversial ID cards.Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today said she wanted a “universal” scheme, with a… Continue reading
Mass fingerprinting, biometric passports, identity cards and international identity databases will not protect Britain and other European countries from terrorists or criminals.
This startling admission comes in… Continue reading
A vast intelligence program is to establish a global biometric database known as “Server in the Sky” that will collate and provide an ” International Information Consortium” with access to the biometric… Continue reading
Dutch Pot Shops to Fingerprint Customers
Coffee shops licensed to sell marijuana in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht will begin fingerprinting customers and scanning their IDs this summer to help prove they’re following rules… Continue reading