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Government immigration body UKvisa has checked half a million sets of fingerprints from applicants as part of its move to biometric data collection for border control.

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Nicole Kobie
Nicole Kobie

Freelance journalist Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007, with bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.

Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.

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