EU: Two biometric reports worth reading

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Two reports, which were only summarised, in the Joint Research Centre report "Biometrics at the Frontiers" are well worth reading: The social implications of the wide-scale implementation of biometric and related technologies by Julian Ashbourn (pdf) and Biometrics: legal issues and implications by Paul de Hert (pdf). See also: EU: Report on biometrics dodges the real issues - "puts economics and profit above liberties and privacy"

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