A big night out: drinking, dancing, fingerprinting

SOMEWHERE in Perth's central business district is a building containing the names, ages, addresses, photographs and unique fingerprint codes of thousands of revellers who danced and drank at Sydney's Home nightclub last year.

Id Scans Not Secure

ID scans not secure Being a victim of identity fraud, this subject is close to my heart.

Editorial Scan Protest Should Not Bar Patrons

THE move by an increasing number of clubs and nightspots to scan customers' ID cards has upset many patrons.

The New Wizard Of Id

The phrase "know it like the back of your hand" has been turned into a cutting-edge identification technology implemented by Unisys at a Canadian port - and soon in Australia.

Privacy Concerns As More Clubs Scan Ids

MORE hotels and nightclubs are adopting the controversial practice of scanning patrons driver's licences before letting them in, causing anxiety over privacy issues.

Urgent Appeal To Id Burnt Woman

POLICE desperate for a breakthrough to uncover the identity of a woman burnt to death in Frankston have released photographs of her torched clothing.

Is Safety Really On The Cards?

Australia should consider introducing an ID card - but not because of security concerns, writes Clive Williams.

Microchip Id Plan For Australians In Britain

AUSTRALIANS who stay longer than three months in Britain would be issued with the equivalent of an identity card that includes a microchip storing their photograph, fingerprints or iris scan, under new Blair Government plans.

Spotlight On ... Britain's Id Cards

Britain will today learn the details of the Blair Government's plans for a trial of the country's first identification card system in 50 years. This week 10,000 volunteers will begin carrying identity cards ``in a major trial seen by the Home Office as central to countering the threat of terrorist attacks", Gareth Edwards, of The Scotsman, reported on Saturday.

Scan And Deliver

Computer-savvy white-collar criminals who strike silently but with devastating consequence are the bushrangers of the new millennium, writes Chad Watson.

Phone Callers' Id Is Already Known To Some Firms

While the Telecom and telecommunications watchdog Austel agonises over whether the public should be allowed to use calling line identification, in which the calling telephone number is displayed on the telephone, many large businesses are already able to see the numbers of other businesses that are

Right On Line |

IT LETS you access information on world news, sport, finance, movies and computer software. It lets you communicate with people around the world, participate in conferences and forums. It can search libraries, reference books and scan newspapers from across the world. All from your personal comp