Demanding documents -- Sorting systems -- Card cartel -- Stretched screens -- Body badges -- Cyber-citizens
Summary
New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos using a scanner & may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this book, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [186]-201) and index