Information from a stolen passport, a set of fingerprints, or a license plate number from the other side of the globe can be the link that brings an end to a criminal's career.

来自世界另一端的信息，像是一本被窃的护照、一组指纹、一个车牌号码，都可能和案件有关，而因此终结罪犯的恶行。

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Sun Microsystems, Microsoft's bitter nemesis, stoked the worries and in early summer began contacting companies to pitch the idea of "federating" to create a nonproprietary alternative to Passport, letting their sites link up more easily without Microsoft as middleman.

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With access to an Internet link, they may be able to download a passport application form and submit it by post.

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