On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Chris Bayliss wrote:
> The problem is that there is no way of ultimately proving an identity.
Well, that's not strictly true, theoretically. Surely your DNA absolutely
defines who you are, since that's what determined how you came to be.
The only problem then is that you have to have a record of it probably in
its entirity, and in data storage terms it is very large; certainly for a
country's worth of it. Then you've got to stuff it, or a fingerprint of
it, onto a card. We then need a means of sampling a body's DNA, and
comparing it with what their card claims it to be (to validate card and
person match), which can't be done in real time. Then you need to
validate the card against the vast database.
I imagine the eyes of the security services would light up at the prospect
though.
It's Friday, *and* I'm on holiday.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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