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Germany Unveils Next Generation 'Personal Security Card'

The new identity card isn't just to verify who a person is. It's now a matter of personal security, according to German officials who showed off the country's newest ID technology at this year's CeBIT conference. According to reports from CeBIT, the new identity card will go into circulation for the first time in November 2010. It features an advanced biometric identification system and users have the option of associating a finger print with the card. The user's identity information and electronic signature is encrypted and broadcast by the card via radio frequency identity (RFID), which its creators believe will help facilitate e-commerce and e-government. The card could even be used to remember passwords on the Internet, according to a product description on the CeBIT Web site. Lost or stolen cards would be treated like credit cards today: once reported missing, they would no longer be accepted.
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Posted by Editor at March 4, 2010 02:27 AM