Abstract :
This paper discusses the UK governments plans to build a biometric database of the whole population. It outlines the technology behind biometrics, including face recognition, iris prints, and fingerprints. It explains that biometric representations are soon to be a feature of newly issued passports, perhaps driving licences, and that national ID cards are being put forward as a practical proposition.
Keywords :
biometrics (access control); face recognition; fingerprint identification; image matching; image recognition; image representation; biometric database; biometric identification cards; biometric representations; driving licences; face recognition; fingerprints; iris prints; national ID cards; passports;
