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Sunday, February 11, 2007
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China Creates Massive Online ID Database.
schwaang writes that while the US continues to hash out concerns over the Real ID Act, which aims to create a national ID by standardizing state driver's licenses, China has already implemented a massive online ID database, which they say will help prevent fraud. --- From the Xinhua English-language site: "Anyone
can now send a text message or visit the country's population
information center's website, to check if the name and the ID number of
a person's identity card match. If they do match the ID card-holder's
picture also appears, said the Ministry, adding that no other
information is available to ensure a citizen's privacy is protected.
Completed at the end of 2006, China's population information database,
the world's largest, contains personal information on 1.3 billion
citizens. Giving public accessing to the database is also designed to
correct mistakes if an individual discovers that their name, number and
picture don't match." [Slashdot: Your Rights Online]
11:48:50 PM 
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