and I feel sorry for us all having politicians accepting such invasion
of privacy without any objections. So are the Norwegian passports,
but it has been possible to function in Norway without those so far.
-That option is going away with the passing of the new law.</p>
+That option is going away with the passing of the new law. In this, I
+envy the Germans, because for them it is optional how much biometric
+information is stored in their national ID.</p>
-<p>And if that was not bad enough, the information collected in the
-national ID card register can be handed over to foreign intelligence
-services and police authorities, "when extradition is not considered
-disproportionate".</p>
+<p>And if forced collection of fingerprints was not bad enough, the
+information collected in the national ID card register can be handed
+over to foreign intelligence services and police authorities, "when
+extradition is not considered disproportionate".</p>