America Identified Free

Author: Lisa S. Nelson
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ISBN: B004HD49TO

America Identified: Biometric Technology and Society

The use of biometric technology for identification has gone from Orwellian fantasy to
everyday reality. Download America Identified: Biometric Technology and Society from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. This technology, which verifies or recognizes a person's identity based on
physiological, anatomical, or behavioral patterns (including fingerprints, retina, handwriting, and
keystrokes) has been deployed for such purposes as combating welfare fraud, screening airplane
passengers, and identifying terrorists. The accompanying controversy has pitted those who praise the
technology's accuracy and efficiency against advocates for privacy and civil liberties. In America
Identified, Lisa Nelson investigates the complex public responses to biometric technology. She uses
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