Legislation such as the Paperwork Elimination Act, which mandates that agencies provide electronic forms and use digital signatures, also motivated the bureau.

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Bruce Schneier, a security guru, says that biometrics are unsuitable for use as keys because, unlike passwords or digital signatures, they are not secret, and cannot be changed, destroyed or declared invalid.

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