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Re: European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugen Leitl)
Sat Sep 17 13:57:41 2005

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Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:30:13 +0200
From: Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org>
To: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
	cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 10:52:48AM -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote:

> Do you really need to click on this link to know which one it is?

U.K.? http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/12/news/travel13.php

All of them? US and Canadia as well?
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> http://cbs5.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_258152613.html
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> I guess we should give neutral facial expressions for the photo, then
> smile (or frown) while in the airport....

We should violet-wand the smartcard pads. Or sever the antenna for the RFID.
Or just use the dead tree one, and not reapply when it expires.
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> Sounds like the technology (still) isn't ready for prime time.

Not ready for 1984? One sure would hope so.

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