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...sheer scale of the project is a potential problem, in terms of time, money and technology. The premise of using a biometric employment card (which would most likely contain fingerprint data) to stop illegal immigrants from working requires that all 150 million-plus American workers, not just immigrants, have one. Michael Cherry, president of identification-technology company Cherry Biometrics, says the accuracy of such large-scale biometric measuring hasn't been proved. "What study have we done?" he says. "We just have a few assumptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Another potential issue is whether the card will result in people being wrongfully denied work. The average person isn't equipped to determine whether two fingerprints are a match - even FBI fingerprint experts have their off days, as when they incorrectly implicated a Portland, Ore., attorney in the 2004 bombings in Madrid - which means employers would be relying on an automated system. And that, as well as the fingerprinting process itself, invariably leads to some small number of mistakes. (See how border-patrol officials are securing the perimeter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...looking at a wide range of observations from all over the world, the Met Office study concludes that the fingerprint of human influence on climate is stronger than ever. "We can say with a very high significance level that the effects we see in the climate cannot be attributed to any other forcings [factors that push the climate in one direction or another]," says study co-author Gabriele Hegerl of the University of Edinburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report: The Case for Global Warming Stronger Than Ever | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

Inside the elevators the walls are wood-paneled, edged with brass molding. The control panel glistens, and when you touch the button—six—that’s the first fingerprint on the whole thing...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard That They Knew | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...minefield full of dreaded surprises for even the best-behaved celebrity and booby traps from rogue journalist elements. It is one area where even the most tight-fisted publicist has to give up control. "There were rules before," says Jose Martinez of vice president of media relations for Fingerprint Communications. "Now anyone can snap a photo and write whatever they want and it's online in five minutes." (See the 100 best movies of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Red Carpet: Minefield for Celebrities | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

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