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2015 SB 787 proposes biometric ID

Published on 6 March, 2015 by Elizabeth
2015 SB 787 proposes biometric ID

SB 787, sponsored by Senator Reilly proposes to add the choice for an “enhanced” driver license, ID card, or moped operator’s permit with a biometric identifier.  Senator Reilly sponsored this same bill last year.

(II) “BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER” INCLUDES:
1. FINGERPRINTS;
2. AN IMAGE OR ANY OTHER IDENTIFIER THAT WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICATION OF:

A. FACE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY; OR
B. IRIS RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY;

3. DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA); AND
4. A PALM PRINT.

This, “enhanced identification document” will have a memory and microprocessor chip to store one or more biometric identifiers.  In this bill, the, “upgrade” is voluntary with the increased cost paid by the purchaser.  An, enhanced driver license uses, “uses a unique identification number that links to information contained in a secure Department of Homeland Security database”.

Privacy concerns about with not only the biometric identifiers but the embedded chip.  Since this enhanced document will have to meet the standard of the Federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), it must have a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip.  RFID chips can be tracked and read from a distance and even the federal General Accounting Office (GAO) cautioned against the use of RFID:

In Congressional testimony in March 2007, a GAO official cautioned against the use of RFID technology to track individuals. “Once a particular individual is identified through an RFID tag, personally identifiable information can be retrieved from any number of sources and then aggregated to develop a profile of the individual. Both tracking and profiling can compromise an individual’s privacy,” the GAO said. The GAO reiterated the many problems with the failed US-VISIT RFID project and expressed concern that, despite this failure, DHS endorsed the use of RFID in the WHTI passport card.

Maryland has driver licenses/ID cards already.  These, “enhanced” cards are designed to be in line with a federal program, essentially rendering this a federal ID.

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