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		<title>This Is Slightly Disturbing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this report from the Toronto Star, the Ontario government is considering (and has been for a long time) collecting fingerprints or retinal scans for their new &#8220;smart&#8221; cards. I&#8217;m absolutely certain this is not a good idea. For what it&#8217;s worth, George Radwanski, the Canadian government&#8217;s privacy commissioner, apparently doesn&#8217;t like them either: [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to <a href="http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=978928326255&#038;call_page=TS_Ontario&#038;call_pageid=968256289824&#038;call_pagepath=News/Ontario" title="Torstar News Service (Toronto Star Online), 8 Jan 2001: Ontario considering retinal, fingerprint I.D. cards">this report</a> from the Toronto Star, the Ontario government is considering (and has been for a long time) collecting fingerprints or retinal scans for their new &#8220;smart&#8221; cards.  I&#8217;m absolutely certain this is not a good idea. For what it&#8217;s worth, George Radwanski, the Canadian government&#8217;s <a href="http://www.privcom.gc.ca/english/index_e.htm" title="Privacy Commissioner of Canada, updated 4 Jan 2001: English Website">privacy commissioner</a>, apparently doesn&#8217;t like them either:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;These people are increasingly horrifying me. Disturbing doesn&#8217;t begin to cover the mindset that would think these things are desirable or necessary.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The cards are apparently the new ID cards for the Ontario government medical system &#8212; which already uses <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/health/english/program/ohip/ohip_mn.html" title="Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Government of Ontario Website), updated 9 Dec 2000: Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)">photo ID cards</a> &#8212; so this shouldn&#8217;t have surprised me.  Nonetheless, it&#8217;s definitely still unsettling.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ontario is looking at use of a &#8216;unique identifier&#8217; such as prints or eye scans to strengthen privacy and prevent fraudulent use of the new cards, part of a new electronic identity system to be introduced over the next few years.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><em>(If this is <a href="http://ncf.davin.ottawa.on.ca/freeport/government/provelect/parties/pc/policy/menu" title="National Capital Freenet, 19 Apr 1995: Progressive Conservative [Party of Ontario] Policy, 'The Common Sense Revolution'">Common Sense</a>, then I&#8217;m the President of Canada.)</em></p>
<p>Hat tip to <a href="http://www.moreover.com">Moreover</a></p>
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