New Licences for the Smart(card) State

TechWIRED reports that Unisys will be supplying Queensland Transport with a new type of driver's licence, to replace the current laminated one.



The new licences will feature a smartcard that will save facial recognition information onto the chip, which can be used to compare the photo on the card, to the data on the chip, to the data on Queensland transport's servers... I think.



Hopefully it will be a contact-required smartcard, and not some RFID fraud-waiting-to-happen card.

Comments

  1. PaulApril 24, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    oh goody - more info in the data banks of the Gov. Just who does this card make smarter? And as far as I can tell facial recognition software is about as reliable as an American Motorcycle.

    AND! what about the cost? Is now the time for this? Bloody Government.

    (an aside) Hey Fozz - one of these days - you, me and a bunch of beers ...

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  2. UnknownApril 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM

    Foss drinks cocktails with his little finger waving around in the air..

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  3. PaulApril 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    Now now neela don't be like that - if you can't say it too me without hiding behind a locked profile ... well, best not to say it at all eh? But you can come too, just don't wear a paper bag on ya head ok sweetie?

    lmao ...

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  4. FosnezApril 27, 2009 at 9:30 PM

    Oh this all ends well...

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