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Good idea.

Good idea? I have a finger for them.

Is this before ,or after they shoot your dog??

Could someone show me one [1] Loserdopian elected to the federal government?

Ron Paul, MD

The excitement surrounding Viisage comes from its biometric technology, but its major source of revenues is distinctly Old Economy. Almost 95% of the company’s revenues come from its driver license business. If you live in one of thirteen states (including Ohio, Maryland, North Carolina, Connecticut and Massachusetts) you are probably carrying a motor vehicle license made by Viisage.

Viisage’s driver license system is quite advanced. It is entirely digitally-based, and customized for each state. The machine utilizes “Eigen-face” technology patented by MIT. Viisage is the sole licensee of the technology, for which it pays an annual fee that’s smaller than my monthly dry cleaning bill. The machine even lets states fingerprint applicants. The actual machine is compact, easy-to-operate, and fast. Mr. Mazzu made sample drivers licenses for Dave and I, taking less than 2 minutes each (Dave can now legally drive in Argentina!). Each drivers license comes with a sophisticated bar code encrypted on the back of the card, using a very sophisticated and patented process.

Colatosti and Mazzu are both energized about the potential of Viisage’s biometrics technology, or feature recognition systems. Within biometrics, Viisage has focused on face-recognition, which leverages its core driver license business. Face recognition is more agreeable to the general public, because it doesn’t have the criminal-stigma of fingerprinting, the weirdness of sticking your hand into a reader or the spookiness of eyeball reading.

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VA, if you think in anyway shape or form this is a good idea (fingerprint or face recognition) you need to step away from the pipe. Talk about big government and intrusion into a person's life!!

CD, looks like it's just face recognition at the moment, but I don't like that bar code on my DL. Hmmm, restrictions on cars, supposed safety measure, you don't think my favoritest politician in the whole wide world would be mixed up in this somehow do you?

Yep - there is nothing inherently unconstitutional about some form of national ID. Unfortunately, the most shrill whiners have made it extremely simple for illegals of all nationalities to operate here by continually resisting any means of data consolidation and coherent nationwide standards.