On 29/10/15 09:45, Jan Whitaker wrote: > ... does this make any sense at all in terms of international roll-out?
No, but it is a good way to put some spin on what is already happening. Border posts already consult lists of who should, and should not, enter a country and accept identity documents other than passports. Calling this a "cloud passport" makes it sound new and high tech. Some countries allow credit card size identity documents or a driver's license to be used in place of a passport. There is a United States Passport Card: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Passport_Card Australians can be issued with an APEC Business Travel Card, but this is currently used along with a passport: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APEC_Business_Travel_Card -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
