Do ID cards really exist?

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

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Not the ones those **** in Parliament are argueing about. I mean real ID Cards you can get of the government that has your photo and age and other details on it?

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eXSBass said:
Not the ones those **** in Parliament are argueing about. I mean real ID Cards you can get of the government that has your photo and age and other details on it?

:)
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Not any other cards I know of that are specifically for ID purposes...the student cards entitle you to discounts, for example.
 
Yes....

I am currently in the process of researching / implementing Biometric technology which means my job is great fun atm!

ID cards will never really take off I dont think!

Biometrics has made me chuckle though. Working with IBM and HP, it was found that you could imprint your thumb (or finger) onto a Jelly Baby, and then put this over the BIO reader. It would then allow access!!

Got to make you laugh really!
 
Oracle said:
Yes....

I am currently in the process of researching / implementing Biometric technology which means my job is great fun atm!

ID cards will never really take off I dont think!

Biometrics has made me chuckle though. Working with IBM and HP, it was found that you could imprint your thumb (or finger) onto a Jelly Baby, and then put this over the BIO reader. It would then allow access!!

Got to make you laugh really!
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Well, it reads the fingerprint pattern doesnt it?
 
Oracle said:
Biometrics has made me chuckle though. Working with IBM and HP, it was found that you could imprint your thumb (or finger) onto a Jelly Baby, and then put this over the BIO reader. It would then allow access!!

Got to make you laugh really!
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Cool, will my HP Deskjet need special ink for that then?
 
KaHn said:
Paid the 51 quid for the thing, afaik they were the same price :/

KaHn
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odd, from what I'd seen of pricing there was a sudden increase for the new passports from what they used to be.
infact, where they not free before?
 
VeNT said:
odd, from what I'd seen of pricing there was a sudden increase for the new passports from what they used to be.
infact, where they not free before?
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Nah they were never free iirc I paid about 40 quid for my kiddy one 6 yrs ago.

KaHn
 
sr4470 said:
I'm not sure what you mean...it doesnt seem to discriminate between real thumbs and a jelly baby, the reader only seemed to pick up the pattern...
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Which is where the inherent problem lies. Although I suppose it would be harder to create a handprint with all fingers.
 
The point of scanning a finger print pattern is because its attached to the person in question...scanning the finger print pattern off a jelly baby defeats the point...

For instance, Tony Blair picks up a jelly baby...you take said jelly baby, in the bio readers eyes you are now Tony Blair...see the issue?
 
Killerkebab said:
Which is where the inherent problem lies. Although I suppose it would be harder to create a handprint with all fingers.
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Thats what I was saying, what use is the reader until that flaw is fixed...biometrics is flawed and more open to fraud.

For a minute there it sounded as though you disagreed with me...sorry if I misread your sentence.

Edit: I guess I should have made it more clear that said operation was a flaw in the equipment
 
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