On Friday 25 November 2011 22:19:29 Rony wrote:
On 11/24/2011 06:56 PM, jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Thursday 24 November 2011 09:15:44 Shamit Verma wrote:
Why? What is the compelling reason for this line of thought?
So that one person can not have multiple IDs. We need this or any other biometric based system.
In current system, it is very easy to create fake identities. With biometric systems, a locality of 1,000 people can not have more than 1,000 ration cards or other IDs that entitle them ti various Govt subsidies or grants.
LOL. Your faith and ignorance of biometrics, identity, entitlements, corruption, governance, etc is touching. Please get an education on these before faffing.
You might start here http://thinkinganarchist.blogspot.com/2011/10/uinique-identity-biometrics -and-all.html and follow the youtube, rediff and cryptome.org links.
That should bury your faith on biometrics.
If the process of creating the id is done at a proper centers that has medical experts (need not be doctors) to check the fingers and eyes before taking the scan then this cheating will be under control.
Faking is not only of biometrics but also of documents. Whom would you put to correct that. Nooo wait we already do document vetting at the reg phase for passport, pancard, driver lic, ration card, etc etc etc. So if you require to do all of that and add even more money and manpower for yet another wonderfully broken idea to correct a broken system, for which we will use DNA, , to prevent faking of which we will use micro-bio-chemist. You get the drift of this farce. And the bigger farce known as deduplication. And the scientifically unproven "uniquness". And the faking during auth (id theft). The simple simon biometrics idea comes from c grade movies and is a common false myth across all societies. BUT it should not be the case with engineers. Especially when blowing public money.