National identification systems
Thiên-Lôc Nguyên · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2003
In this thesis, we investigate the intricate question of technology-enabled national identification systems, from a scientific perspective. We first present a framework to formalize the notion of identification systems in general, before delving into the policy issues and technological challenges specific to national identification systems. With this thesis, we wish to present to non-specialists the different possibilities, often too little known to people outside the research community, enabled by the current knowledge in science and technology (especially cryptology and security), and to lay the foundations for future scientific research on the subject. We hope that this presentation contributes to widen the general public's view on the matter of national identification systems, in particular with respect to the possibility of novel architectures far from those of existing systems.