-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:39:59 +0100 "cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and besides the privacy concerns there's the litle fact that as a > European Citizen you don't need a passport to travel inside of > Europe. I know I don't currently have one as my last one expired a > couple of years ago. -- ...and instead you are required to always - even inside your own country - to carry photo ID, due to the Schengen[1] treaty. So in reality you now need to carry government issued ID papers always. Oh, and such papers will probably soon include biometric info[2]. - Jonas [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Information_System [2] http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number2.1/schengen - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDu+fEn7DbMsAkQLgRAtznAJ9ve3KKTAckNH47SpfebwsLxcg74QCfV8RA ALhioj2GJ9X0nbp3EbKfp3k= =Z4Nj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

