Sunday, June 3, 2007
High-tech travel ID 'inevitable'
The next step in border security is DNA in passports, report warns
Carly Weeks, CanWest News Service
Published: Monday, May 28, 2007
Canadians will inevitably have to carry travel documents with their
DNA, biometrics or other biological identifiers embedded into them
in order to travel to the United States, according to a new white paper
to be revealed to government officials in Ottawa today.
While many travellers and governments are frantically trying to comply
with current border regulations that require passports for air travel,
the report warns that's just one step in the movement toward more
secure borders.
In order to adequately confirm an individual's identity and speed up
the process of screening passengers, governments will surely move to
enhanced identity documents that use biological information to identity travellers, the paper says.
[...]
Full article at " Edmonton Journal"
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html? id=6d8beaea-454e-4ace-a9e2-444823b13d11&k=75853
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