Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards

The Vietnamese government will begin collecting biometric information from its citizens for identification purposes beginning in July this year. Prime minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed the nation's Ministry of Public Security to collect the data in the form of iris scans, voice samples and actual DNA, in accordance with …

[Khaptain]

Coming to a govt building near you

We all know that it's coming to us as well. It's just a matter of time before the spin doctors create a new nudge protocole and for someone to commit a crime that justifies the move.

[AMBxx]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

And people will still shout 'if you've nothing to hide...'

[Zippy´s Sausage Factory]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

Anyone who says "if you've nothing to hide" should be forced to reveal their bank account information on Twitter and see how well that works out. After all, they've nothing to hide, have they?

[Valeyard]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

Anyone who says "if you've nothing to hide" should be forced to reveal their bank account information on Twitter

didn't jeremy clarkson do exactly that and had direct debits set up for charities by people

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

At lunch with a friend yesterday, she told me that she had nothing to hide online and anyway, she has incognito mode in Chrome. After I finished choking on my burger, I explained that she did have things to hide as she does banking online. I also told her about how incognito mode actually works.

She laughed hysterically and then turned a peculiar shade of grey.

[Doctor Syntax]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

And people will still shout 'if you've nothing to hide...'

They should, of course, read the small print they clicked through when signing up for their online bank account, online retail accounts, social media accounts or whatever. They'll find that those accounts all require them to keep their access details confidential - in other words, hidden. Yes, they have stuff they're contractually obliged to hide.

[A Non e-mouse]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

"Think of the children!"

[Wellyboot]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

Indeed, the ability to positively identify lost small children is about the only safe use for this technology.

Within a few years biometrics in general will only be of use to identify the body right in front of you (especially when some reassembly is required) because deep fakes will have improved until they match sensor resolution.

[cyberdemon]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

Deep fakes at the level of detail you describe, are only possible for rich people and party members.

Us proles are the real target of the biometrics push

[Roj Blake]

Re: Coming to a govt building near you

There are enough Blairites influencing Labour policy to make me fully expect this to happen in the UK in the next couple of years.

[alain williams]

How long before this happens in other countries ?

Who will see this as the way to go.

[Pascal Monett]

"when voluntarily provided by the people"

Citizens ! Next Monday starting at 7 A.M. you will proceed to your nearest police station to voluntarily submit your DNA to the database !

We all need to do our patriotic duty for the good of the Nation, and everyone will !

[Phil O'Sophical]

Ministry of Public Security

Good name, very "Big Brother"

there will be a QR code linked to a mass of identifying data.

So all stored on some internet-connected website reachable via an HTTPS link? What could possibly go wrong...

[Wellyboot]

QR codes - leading to a 301 redirect, what more could MITM software ask for !

[David Hicklin]

The QR code will be tattooed in an appropriate place when you come of age

[Handlebars]

Can't recall where I read that in the 30s the Dutch government had a (paper) database with lots of information about citizens. When the Germans invaded they found it immensely useful.

[b0llchit]

They recorded, among other things, religion of the person. Guess what happened to those with the "wrong" one.

Recording (very) personal data is not a blessing. It is a gigantic liability.

[Captain Hogwash]

https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/

[Magani]

Thinks...

Is Vietnam becoming a little China-in-Training?

[Anonymous Coward]

NEC's Biometrics Technology supports Vietnam's new national ID system

NEC's Biometrics Technology supports Vietnam's new national ID system

“NEC Corporation .. announced they have completed the modernization of Vietnam’s national ID system”

Testing it out there before introducing it here :o

[IGotOut]

The Tories....

...gave just shot their load over the idea of this.... unfortunately the Labour Party were helping them finish

[MrGreen]

Blair

Blair will be salivating at this news.

He’s been pushing this for years.

The UK will probably deliver this by stealth. A digital currency app that collects your biometric data. The government will offer £20 for free and the sheep will lap it up.

[Draco]

Imagine that ...

A single party, communist government seeking to incorporate and track as much personally identifiable information as possible. The mind boggles.

At least Western democratic governments treat privacy not as a nuisance, but as a sacrosanct principle.