Identity & Biometrics - Bruce Schneier at CAP

http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2008/06/progressive.html Security of personal information is also a concern of identification and authentication systems. “No ID system can be more secure than the breeder documents used to get that ID,” says Bruce Schneier. If a birth certificate is used to obtain an ID card, the ID itself cannot be more reliable than the birth certificate, because that is “the breeder document.” It was easy for the September 11 terrorists to obtain authentic IDs from the DMV by bribing a DMV clerk. “If the issuance procedures have flaws—and they all will—that will hurt security.”