Todays announcement that Australian passports are soon to include a micro-chip that will store an image of the passport-owner is not unexpected.
But it will be interesting to see how it works in practice.
The image stored in the chip is intended to be of a suitable quality to be usable in facial recogntion systems.
But what does that mean, and how do you tell, just by looking at a photograph, whether it is suitable for sue in facial recognition systems.
Australia has, of course, been experimenting with facial recognition systems at one of its airport with reputedly very mixed results.
Not only do the growth of mustaches and facial hair upset the systems, but so too do five o clock and other shadows.
In any event, as authentication for both off-line and online identity becomes ever more important to ecommerce and egovernment, these practical questions are going to be ever more important.
Thats why I've already registered to attend the seminar on ePassport security and identity being held at the Note Printing Australia works in Craigieburn on the 22nd of September.
Full details of the free seminar are up at www.noteprinting.com
See you there
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