DSpace Repository

National Identity Card: The Dilemma between Social Opportunities and Threats

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Khan, A. R.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-23T04:43:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-23T04:43:57Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Khan, A. R.(2018). National Identity Card: The Dilemma between Social Opportunities and Threats, IJMS 2018 vol. 5 (1): 09 - 17 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10751
dc.description.abstract Biometric national identity card schemes are increasingly becoming common around the world and considered as an essential social component of our time. It is assumed that providing national identity cards to all the citizens will help governments to combat various social malice such as terrorism, illegal immigration, fraudulent activities, and accelerate social service delivery. Nevertheless, the introduction of national identity card has been a matter of academic and policy debate. This paper, based on a review of the literature, portrays a general overview and the current state of knowledge and understanding about the issues and concerns associated with national identity schemes. Although the use of biometric technology-based national identity schemes need not or do not face refusals, the unintended, unwelcome and unanticipated consequences on society of such a high-tech scheme must be critically considered to ensure utmost benefits to the society. It is also suggested that in order to combat or control social threats and vices, social resistance is more important than the introduction and use of high technology. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Graduate Studies , University of Sri Jayewardenepura en_US
dc.subject Identify cards, Biometric, Security, Cost, Opportunity, Threat en_US
dc.title National Identity Card: The Dilemma between Social Opportunities and Threats en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31357/ijms.v5i1.3878 en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search DSpace


Browse

My Account