On Tuesday, January 03, 2012 06:07:59 PM Jake Markhus wrote: > Mark, > Maybe you did not read Kigs' email. He said READ BOTH.
Ah yes, I missed the first one. I could be optimistic, but this is an overly complex exercise that looks easy on paper, but will be very difficult to implement. Immigration officers are supposed to be the experts at directing passengers to use fingerprint machines. The length of queues I see at border posts due to this "improvement in efficiency" is the cause for many a delay. What more for SIM card registrations, let alone the fact that machines fail, need power, need to be serviced, have a learning curve (both for operator and customer), have kinks, e.t.c. But then again, perhaps I'm being overly optimistic in thinking that the government will see this as an unnecessary hindrance, which merely serves as a catalyst to more ingenius solutions on how to get around the problem. On the privacy side of things - well, one may argue that the use of passports already means information about us is sitting in some computer somewhere, waiting to be accessed or shared around the government ladder. But I could be wrong. This looks like an excuse for some contract to be given out so some wealthy schmuck so he can make even more money on something which has a very high potential to fail collosally, under some mis-informed internal memo that says, "This way, we know how many people can actually vote, but choose not to". But, perhaps I'm being overly optimistic that there is some sense in the government, and it's not just full of idealistic types that think there is no one around to read through this pile. Mark.
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