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Here's an excerpt from the Mastercard press release with a few more details: "MasterCard has pioneered large scale card schemes that combine biometric function

by declan 12y ago

Here's an excerpt from the Mastercard press release with a few more details: "MasterCard has pioneered large scale card schemes that combine biometric functionality with electronic payments and we want to capitalize on their experience... enrollment process involves the recording of an individual’s demographic data and biometric data (capture of 10 fingerprints, facial picture and digital signature)..." http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-to-power-nigerian-identity-card-program/ http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-to-... I wonder how Americans would feel if the U.S. government teamed up with Mastercard, devised a similar biometric ID card -- and required all U.S. citizens to obtain one to drive, pay taxes, get government benefits, vote, etc.? (I also wonder what "demographic data" referred to above means, and whether it means everyone's religion will be encoded on the ID...)

moheeb 12y ago
This is what should be done, and I feel what will be done, in the future. The government will become your Certificate Authority.
serf 12y ago
> I wonder how Americans would feel if the U.S. government teamed up with Mastercard, devised a similar biometric ID card -- and required all U.S. citizens to obtain one to drive, pay taxes, get government benefits, vote, etc.? (I also wonder what "demographic data" referred to above means, and whether it means everyone's religion will be encoded on the ID...) hopefully nauseous. a national ID is bad enough; a national ID ran by a private conglomerate is worse. The privacy implications are harrowing either way, from a personal standpoint.
illuminut 12y ago
Sounds like part of Agenda 21 of the New World Order