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To: steve who wrote (8537)	5/29/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

CBS is plugging a biometric (and probably smart card) feature on its national news tonight: "[A] report on why your ATM and I.D. cards will soon be relics. We will show you the latest technology to ensure privacy and security, and how the blink of your eye is as individual as your signature or fingerprints." I won't be able to catch it, but FYI. It's interesting that they are playing it as a way to enhance privacy. Probably comes off of the recent Congressional testimony.

To: steve who wrote (8537)	5/29/1998 5:46:00 PM
From: steve	Respond to of 26039

To all, With the recent news---Just on the outside chance, do you think that Sagem might put IDX in the Philippines??? dss.state.ct.us "Cambridge, Mass -- Polaroid Corporation announced that it had been awarded a contract to produce secure identification cards using leading-edge security technology for the Social Security System of the Philippines. Polaroid will produce 35 million Social Security identification cards over a six year period. Production is expected to being this summer. Polaroid won the contract in competitive bidding as part of a group led by Ayala Systems Technology Inc., a Philippine computer systems integrator and distributor. Other group members include Sagem, S.A. of France and IBM-Philippines. The identification cards will feature numerous security features, including a two-dimensional barcode containing the cardholder's fingerprint data; PolaSecure, an optional device that is visible only from certain angles; microprinting, ultraviolet ink; and a magnetic strip containing the individual's social security number and personal identification number for future us at bank ATM's. By the summer of 1999, this system will give the Philippines' Social Security System the largest active biometric data base in the world. The system will help to insure that Social Security recipients will get the benefits they are entitled to quickly and efficiently. The Social Security cards will be issued from a central production facility in the Philippines using data gathered from more than 150 Social Security System offices scattered around the Philippines archipelago. Under separate contract, Polaroid has supplied the Philippines with more that 5 million driver's licenses since 1995." steve