OT: Biometric ID

[Ori Idan]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com>
wrote:

> BTW this anecdote might interest Yonathan Klinger and other anti-bio-id
> activists since it could be pointing a fatal flaw in the system.
>
I guess you are right, it does point on a fatal flaw in the system. I guess
that no one wanted to risk getting into this so no one encountered it yet.
I am surprised the Gabor that is probably aware of all the risks decided to
try it :-)

-- 
Ori Idan


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>
On 15 Mar 2015 9:26 pm, "Gabor Szabo" <gabor at szabgab.com> wrote:
>
>> A few weeks ago I asked to get a biometric ID. They took my finger prints
>> and asked all kinds of funny questions to make sure its me.
>> Today I went to pick up my new ID and their system could not recognize my
>> finger prints.
>>
>> I got a bit nervous, but they calmed me down that I have nothing to worry
>> because the finger prints are only for the Interior Ministry and they are
>> sure the one in the system matches the one on my finger and that I will
>> only need it when dealing with Interior Ministry and they will mark in the
>> system that the fingerprints did not match when I received the ID.
>>
>> So apparently they have a field in the database for this information.
>>
>> They offered to order a new biometric card - claiming that the problem is
>> only in the card,
>> but they can only do that if first they give the broken one to me.
>>
>> So I'd have a card that can identify me "without any doubt", except that
>> the fingerprint in it cannot be matched to mine.
>>
>> I asked if I could get a new non-biometric ID, but I was told I cannot
>> any more. Once I signed up for biometric ID, I cannot go back.
>>
>> Madness.
>>
>> Gabor
>>
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