Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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identity on the net

By Bernd Graff via sueddeutsche.de

We are currently experiencing the emergence of digital identification. You do not know who we are, but all over the mosaic of our existence.

Our requirements for data security and our demands for the protection of privacy are marked at a central location on a concept of identity that is defined by classic features: name, date of birth, place of residence, signature and steady biometric characteristics such as scars, teeth, eye color and fingerprints. These parameters describe the people on the basis of personal data, which in its actual form can only be attributed to just one individual. [Sueddeutsche.de continue to ]

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