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#122911 by MarkJ
16 Jun 2006, 16:29
Did you go somehwere to have fingerprint or iris scans then? Where does that happen?
#122917 by G-VFAB
16 Jun 2006, 16:38
No, I've just been online and according the UK passport office, instead of using fingerprints or iris scans, they measure your facial structure from your passport photo and that information is added put onto the biochip, this is one of the reasons why the photos need to be much more clear than normal.

For instance the chip will have how far apart my eyes are and things which cannot be faked.
#123180 by Littlejohn
17 Jun 2006, 21:21
Oh Crap! So not only will I look ugly in my passport photo, but now there will be a formula in the chip that confirms the fact!
#123190 by G-VFAB
17 Jun 2006, 21:50
Basically yes!
#123225 by mcmbenjamin
18 Jun 2006, 03:10
Maybe a silly question but what happens a few years down the line when the new passport user enjoys Ben and Jerry's a bit too much?
#123236 by slinky09
18 Jun 2006, 09:31
Your cheecks billow out, you gain three more chins but your skull doesn't expand so your eyes stay the same distance apart ... and you look like this (children's advisory!)

:D
#123327 by Nottingham Nick
18 Jun 2006, 20:24
Originally posted by slinky09
... and you look like this (children's advisory!)

:D


LOL.. I thought that show was FOR children. [}:)];) (and I was the only adult who watches it. [:I] )
#123334 by MarkJ
18 Jun 2006, 20:56
Its OT - but this series of Dr Who has been truly excellent - last nights was particularly clever!!

Im with you Nick[^][^][^]
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