Originally Posted by
entropy
The security argument there is a bit of a red herring, they already have all the 'biometric' data, this just puts it on the passport chip. And by biometric, they don't have fingerprints or iris scans or DNA on there, its just a parameterized version of your photo. Sheesh.
That's incorrect. When you register for either a biometric ID or a biometric passport they take two finger prints and these are included in the database together with the photo.