Thales Group: Digital Dividends: The Positive Effects of Id Technology

This article provides a pro-business perspective on the adoption of digital identification of citizens by governments around the world. It looks at how governments can better serve their citizens by using this technology, its economic benefits, and marketing techniques that can be used to win citizens' acceptance. Includes many examples of how governments are using ID technology to fight crime, further political goals, and coordinate services. The article promotes this technology without addressing the privacy concerns that many citizens have towards it.