Spain to introduce pioneering electronic ID cards
This could be massive, Spain is thinking about putting out digital ID cards.
"Spain will introduce pioneering electronic identity cards to help boost internet security by giving people unique digital signatures, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said on Friday.
The 150 million euro ($192 million) scheme, due to be rolled out from 2005 after a pilot version at the end of this year, will replace current identity cards with a version that looks similar but carries a small chip packed with extra information.
'The electronic (identity card) will allow people to work on public and private communications networks, registering their identity and their digital signature', Acebes said, adding that the electronic signature would carry the same legal weight as a conventional one."
Reuters Madrid via Yahoo!
As yet I haven't been able to dig up any confirmation from other sources.
Posted by Martin Belam, February 14, 2004
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Important: concerning New York and Madrid
In 2000 I filed European and United States patents claiming the embedding of microchips and micro devices in vehicle licence plates, identity cards, and passports, to name but a few...
Due the horrific events experienced in New York and Madrid I feel sure that governments could put my intellectual property to good use in manufacturing and policing biometrics enabled passports and citizen entitlement cards.
If the UK, European, and United States Governments wish to contact me I will be pleased to respond.