Florida Considers 'Digital Birth ID'
Imagine a virtual "thumbprint" that attaches your time and place of birth to your photo and iris scans � one of millions collected, warehoused and monitored by the watchful eye of Big Brother. No government has tried it out on a large scale, but Florida might become the first. A defense contractor has proposed that the state assign a "digital birth certificate" to each of its 16 million residents, in what some experts say is the best way to protect privacy and others fear is an entr�e into a dystopian future.
'Digital birth ID' stirs privacy debate, Palm Beach Post, August 13, 2005.
