No Identification Without Representation
Constraints on the Use of Biometric Identification Systems
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4074684 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Emilio Mordini (0000-0003-3569-4391), Andrew P Rebera (0000-0003-1148-5755) |
| Ano | 2012 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 5-20 |
| Data de publicação | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00535.x |
| OpenAlex | W1908257305 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 5 |
The human species is again becoming nomadic. Each year, about two billion persons move across large geographic distances (not to mention people in "virtual mobility" through information and communication technology). Many of these people have weak or unreliable identification documents-and many poorer people in developing countries do not even have these documents. In 2000, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) calculated that 50 million babies (41% of births worldwide) were not registered at birth. In this scenario, a personal identification scheme based on birth registration and state-issued passports is less and less tenable. Biometrics appears to offer a viable technological solution. However, the technology itself is subject to popular critique, warning of dystopian futures of overwhelming surveillance and loss of privacy. The best answer to those who fear an Orwellian future is to engage with the technology and seek to ensure that biometric identification systems are developed in positive ways. We suggest that identification schemes become problematic when the reciprocity of identification goes unnoticed, forgotten, or (what is worse) is intentionally bypassed. The dynamics of identification should be reciprocal, dialogical, and involving mutual recognition. In the traditional political domain, this is the recognition by the state of a citizen and by the citizen of the state. In the digital age, identification systems must increasingly transcend geopolitical borders. A globally recognized identification scheme is therefore a necessity. However, it is merely the nature of the borders that has changed here-not the nature of identification. Our call will be: no identification without representation
Biometrics · Computer security · Data mining · Identification (biology · Identification scheme · Internet privacy · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,29 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2012 - 2015 (4) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |