Re: [Sheflug] ‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob

On Wednesday 06 August 2008 21:05:48 Bob Mottram wrote:
> I think this is actually quite an old story.  I remember reading
> something very similar at least a year ago.

Yes.  Just that it was on the front page of a national paper today :)

> Although I'm generally in favour of technology I'm not a fan of the
> ID cards and enforced fingerprinting.  The national identity
> register and its satellite systems concentrates too much power into
> too few hands, and is wide open to abuse by future less libertarian
> administrations. A high degree of centralisation of sensitive
> personal information also facilitates the kinds of catastrophic
> data loss that we've seen happening in recent times.

Yes.  Can't argue with that.

> A spoof interview on the topic of ID cards can be found here
> http://www.chyp.com/podcasts/DIF_047_Kingdom100.mp3

Oh.. joined up thinking !  Yaah  ... sexy stuff indeed ;)  The Home 
Secretary is not wrong.....  transformational Government ... 
Huurrmm ... Huurm.. yes yes....  it's like the 1970's version of the 
Private Eye forkbender affair all over again...

Roll on Christmas... only 147 days to go now.

-- 
Richard

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