Thursday, November 10, 2005

Biometric passports

The first e-passports featuring <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5939734.html?tag=zdnn.alert">biometric identification</A> stored on a chip have been issued to British diplomats. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has been conducting trials of the new passports, which will be issued to the public in February. The e-passports have been issued to diplomats, including the British ambassador to the United States, Sir David Manning. A trial of the passports took place at the Paris consulate in September, and a second trial took place in Washington, D.C., in late October.

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