Ghana has decided that the honor system of ID checking has run its course. All businesses and institutions must now use a biometric app scanner to verify the national "Ghana Card," because photocopies are just too easy for criminals to fake.

Introduced over the last decade, the Ghana Card is the golden ticket for everything from banking to SIM card registration. It stores 10 fingerprints, iris scans, a photo, and a signature - basically everything but your Netflix password. Now, instead of a visual check or a photocopy, you'll need to whip out a mobile app to scan the card's data.

"It is now an offence to photocopy or visually inspect a Ghana Card," declared Wisdom Yayra Koku Deku, the NIA chief, with the gravitas of someone who has seen one too many forged IDs. Organizations that cling to old habits face fines up to 24,000 Ghanaian cedis ($2,100), while individuals risk 6,000 cedis ($525). The NIA urges everyone to get with the program and connect to its digital verification app. Deku promised a public briefing soon, presumably to explain how to use the app without accidentally scanning your own face.