"Phillip H. Griffin" wrote:
[snip]
Biometric information seems destined to become the financial
identifier that one
day replaces the social security number. There's much interest in
using it to try
to combat identity fraud, said to be the fastest rising crime. On
another front,
a DOD pilot is to use a biometric extension in a smart card
certificate.
[snip]
As someone responsible for documenting the DOD PKI certificate profile
and verifying that numerous certificates have satisfied that profile, I
can say with assurance that there is no biometric data in the
certificate itself.
With somewhat less assurance, since I am not intimately familiar with
the process, it is my understanding that the fingerprint indicia are
stored centrally--not even on the smart card containing the
certificates.
Sam Schaen
I omitted "said" above in "is to use". Hearsay on my part from a vendor