"The Department of Homeland Security has suspended plans to expand US-VISIT, a vast and expensive system to track visitors to the United States. The news follows a government report (PDF) that found serious flaws in the system of databanks and biometric identification. An earlier EPIC Spotlight on Surveillance -"US VISIT Rolls Out the Unwelcome Mat" highlighted security and privacy problems with the system. More information at the EPIC US-VISIT page. (Dec. 15)"
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Homeland Security Backs Off Flawed
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, Dec 19 2006 02:03 PM
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Posted 19 December 2006 - 02:03 PM
"The Department of Homeland Security has suspended plans to expand US-VISIT, a vast and expensive system to track visitors to the United States. The news follows a government report (PDF) that found serious flaws in the system of databanks and biometric identification. An earlier EPIC Spotlight on Surveillance -"US VISIT Rolls Out the Unwelcome Mat" highlighted security and privacy problems with the system. More information at the EPIC US-VISIT page. (Dec. 15)"
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