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Author Harper, Jim, 1967-

Title Identity crisis : how identification is overused and misunderstood / Jim Harper.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2006.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323.448 H232i 2006    ---  Available
Description vi, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.
Contents Part 1. Identification: Understanding identification -- Something you are -- Something you are assigned -- Something you know -- Something you have -- Identifiers in the fourth dimension -- Identification, risk and authorization -- Advanced identification techniques -- Part 2. The roles of identification and anonymity: Identification and relationships -- Identification and accountability -- Anonymity and personality -- Anonymity and immunity -- Part 3. Identification cards: Identification cards -- Data veracity -- Card security -- Verifier check -- Can identification cards be fixed? -- Part 4. The dangers of digital age identification: The decline of practical obscurity -- Dossiers and surveillance -- "Your papers, please" -- Insecurity -- Part 5. The way forward: Use identification less -- Use authorization instead -- Use diverse identification systems -- Conclusion.
Subject Privacy, Right of -- United States.
Identification -- United States.
ISBN 1930865848 (cloth)
9781930865846 (cloth)
1930865856 (pbk.)
9781930865853 (pbk.)
Standard No. YDXCP 2204284
YDXCP 2204285
NZ1 10790873

 
    
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