The Virtual Future of EU ID Cards
Giesecke & Devrient, one of the initial companies to employ Extended Access Control (EAC) protocol in national ID systems, has declared that by 2009 all EU member states will outfit their ID cards with facial images and fingerprints. The projection was made at the CeBIT show in Hanover, where a central focus has been identity theft. The company also envisions the EU implementing a single-card standard that will be used by citizens for not only personal identification in the real world, but also in the virtual world.
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