National identity cards are in the news. While paper ID documents
have been used in some countries for a long time, today's rapid
growth features high-tech IDs with built-in biometrics and RFID
chips. Both long-term trends towards e-Government and the more
recent responses to 9/11 have prompted the quest for more stable
identity systems. Commercial pressures mix with security rationales
to catalyze ID development, aimed at accuracy, efficiency and
speed. New ID systems also depend on computerized national
registries. Many questions are raised about new IDs but they are
often limited by focusing on the cards themselves or on "privacy."
Playing the Identity Card shows not only the benefits of how the
state can "see" citizens better using these instruments but also
the challenges this raises for civil liberties and human rights. ID
cards are part of a broader trend towards intensified surveillance
and as such are understood very differently according to the
history and cultures of the countries concerned.
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