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Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century - Absolute Identification
Overview Absolute identification is a policy goal that is within one's grasp. Indeed, a growing number of scientists, engineers, and politicians now see identification of human bodies not as a technical problem, but rather as a political one. If society has the will, they argue, one could uniquely register every person in the United States, Europe, Asia, and possibly the entire planet. One could then routinely identify individuals at banks, at school, at work, and on the road. Absolute identification could eliminate mismatched computer records, stolen identities, and the ambiguity that comes with the messiness of day-to-day life.
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | January 2001 | ||
| Format | Book chapters | ||
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