Identifying citizens : ID cards as surveillance

Identifying citizens ID cards as surveillance

New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos using a scanner & may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this book, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states t...

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1. Verfasser: Lyon, David (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Polity 2009
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Identification cards > Privacy, Right of > Gesellschaft > Politik > Electronic surveillance > Identification > Access control > Information technology > Political aspects > Social aspects > Identifikationskarte > Privatsphäre
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Zusammenfassung:New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos using a scanner & may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this book, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 208 p.
ill.
ISBN:9780745641553
978-0-7456-4155-3
9780745641560
978-0-7456-4156-0