Identifying citizens : ID cards as surveillance /

Lyon, David, 1948-

Identifying citizens : ID cards as surveillance / Identification cards as surveillance ID cards as surveillance by David Lyon. - viii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201) and index.

Demanding documents -- Sorting systems -- Card cartel -- Stretched screens -- Body badges -- Cyber-citizens.

New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos using a scanner & may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this book, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens.

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Identification cards.
Privacy, Right of

JC596 / .L958 2009

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