Re: the link between biometrics and PII needs careful management

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> On Sep 1, 2021, at 8:54 AM, Joosten, H.J.M. (Rieks) <rieks.joosten@tno.nl> wrote:
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> I think the issue is a bit more profound than distributing sets of PII (which include biometrics) and linking them. Back in 1940-1945 (WW II), there were not biometrics. A high-quality (paper) citizens register was all took for the Germans to round up Dutch citizens of Jewish origin and deport them.
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> From: Daniel Hardman <daniel.hardman@gmail.com> 
> Sent: woensdag 1 september 2021 09:02
> To: public-credentials (public-credentials@w3.org) <public-credentials@w3.org>
> Subject: the link between biometrics and PII needs careful management
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> https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanistan-biometric-databases-us-military-40-data-points/
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> My takeaway: Instead of putting PII and biometrics in the same database, we need to put them in different places, but prove that there's a link between the holder of a biometric cred and the holder of other PII. I see companies like iRespond doing this, but I also seem some biometric applications that are more troubling.
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