Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors / Silicon.com, 20 June 2008
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39249422,00.htm
Nick Heath
"Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches. The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG). BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint."