also sprach Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> [2009.06.23.1117 +0200]: > The fact that different governments may have different levels of > security/reliablity attached to their documents does not render the > process arbitrary. Sticking to government IDs is a simple *rule*, > sticking to some more or less vague other proofs of identity was > *arbitrary* [1]. It's arbitrary in the level of additional security it brings, and thus misleading. While a EU identity document has very high levels of credibility, Gunnar has stated that e.g. the Mexican counterpart has no comparable standards. It's a bit like saying that every dog has to be on a leash, but the thickness of the leash is left to the owner. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "the ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." -- hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
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