[Gllug] Biometrics?

[Dylan]

On Monday 23 March 2009, John G Walker wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:40:33 +0000 (GMT) Chris Bell
>
> <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > how big is a DNA ID record?
>
> They don't record all the DNA details of an individual, which would eb
> impossible.

Practically useless and vastly over-expensive, maybe, not impossible[0]; 
although if they thought they could get us to agree to the fees they'd 
probably try. But 3.5TB seems a little much to pack onto a smartcard.

Dx

[0] Isn't that a working definition of Government?

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