Biometric ID

[Jansen]

Its currently "pilot" - only a handful of cities will get to check them in the coming months, for the moment its not mandatory but it will be nation wide in two months - and then you may get to go to jail if you decline the usage.
Resourceful or round the twist?

For me it's wasted resources, when the biometric/electronic ID card was presented here they told us it'll be easier for the cities and the police to process your data. Yet so far while I came into traffic stops the police just looked at the ID, they've never checked the data on the chip itself.
Can't tell if customs actually takes a peek when I go by plane.

At least the german ones do, foreign ones are unlikely to do that because they are likely to lack the readers required.
Its a nice concept, but I guess it could have been implemented better.

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