[2011.01.27] Identifying a billion Indians 识别十亿印度人.docxVIP

[2011.01.27] Identifying a billion Indians 识别十亿印度人/bbs-attachment-aid-MzE1MjR8YjdhM2FkYmZ8MTMyMDI5OTI2M3w5NDYxMA%3D%3D.html066 Business - A new ID scheme.mp3 (2.74 MB, 下载次数: 36) India印度Identifying a billion Indians识别十亿印度人Reliable identity numbers could create many opportunities for business可靠的身份号码能创造许多商机Jan 27th 2011 | BELGUMBA | from PRINT EDITION IN A small village north-west of Bangalore, peasants queue for identities. Each man fills in a form with his name and rough date of birth, or gets someone who can read to do it for him. He places his fingertips on one scanner and stares at another. A photograph of his face is snapped. These images are uploaded to a computer. Within a few weeks he will have an identity number.班加罗尔西北部的一个小村庄里，农民排队进行身份识别。每人在表格里填下名字跟大致的出生日期，或让能看懂的人帮忙填写，然后把指尖放在一台扫描器上，并盯着另一台，快照一闪，脸就拍下了。这些照片上传到一台电脑里。数周之内，就会有个身份号码。The Indian government is trying to give all 1.2 billion Indians something like an American Social Security number, but more secure. Because each “universal identity number” (UID) will be tied to biometric markers, it will prove beyond reasonable doubt that anyone who has one is who he says he is. In a country where hundreds of millions of people lack documents, addresses or even surnames, this will be rather useful. It should also boost a wide range of businesses.印度政府正设法赋予全体12亿印度人一个身份号码，这玩意类似美国社会保障号，但更为可靠。因为每个“通用识别码”会跟生物辨识标记绑定，任何人只要有这个号码，就能超越合理怀疑，证明他就是自己声称的那个人。在一个上亿人都缺乏档案、地址甚至姓氏的国家，该号码相当有用，也能催生大量商机。So far the process has gone smoothly. More than 1m people have been enrolled since October, and the pace is accelerating. It needs to: 1m is less than 0.1% of the population. The scheme presents difficulties both for the people in charge, many of whom were recruited from software firms, and for the private contractors who are doing much of the work. How do you ensure that the data are accurate? How do you build a robust database containing biometric information about more people than any other? How do you deal with peasants whose fingerprints