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Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 years ago by 0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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As if face, fingerprints, and iris scan weren't enough for Identification. Now the Vietnamese government wants its citizens DNA too.

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[–] Radicaldog@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not really, except for where they re-take your biometrics to confirm. More often, biometrics get turned into digital info which can't be changed. If a scammer gets your DNA biometric, tough shit, you're now unable to change it and deny the scammer access. It is a huge boon for some forms of fraud.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If they're checking against DNA they'll need to present your DNA for those checks.

You wouldn't be able to do anything with a signed DNA code right?

You can't change your DNA anyway haha but you could rotate the key it's signed with I guess.