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More UK ID card chaos

Posted by Paul Raven @ 01-04-2006 in General •

This topic just won’t go away. It seems that a committee in the House of Commons itself has serious doubts over whether the National ID card scheme can actually be implemented using current technologies. Continue reading “More UK ID card chaos”

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UK I.D. debate rages on

Posted by Paul Raven @ 28-03-2006 in General •

Turns out the House of Lords is actually a good thing after all; they’ve just bounced the ID cards bill for a fifth time, to the great annoyance of the government. Continue reading “UK I.D. debate rages on”

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ID cards - security measure or creeping totalitarianism?

Posted by Paul Raven @ 19-03-2006 in Technology •

Thank the deities, it’s not just me that is worried about the UK Government’s insidious plans to have us all carry ID cards linked to a national database of personal information. Continue reading “ID cards - security measure or creeping totalitarianism?”

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Tags: big • brother • cards • fraud • government • ID • panopticon • prevention • terrorism • totalitarianism • UK

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