Identity crisis?

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nkata

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How many people think that David Blunkett will get his 'clean' database when to obtain your new biometric identity card you provide supporting documents which may be falsefied?

Are you entirely happy that card may contain personal data such as medical or other histories?

if you require medical treatment will the doctor be able to access the database 'live' and search 60 million records, or is it another waiting game?

If it is live, there will be thousands of available password logins with the potential misuse by anyone with a key generator.

If it is voluntary, why is the education minister saying that to get grant funding every student will need to have this card. There will be blackmail at every opportunity to force people to have this identity card.

My twopennyworth.
 
I must admit, I don't know many of the facts about this issue - only brief quotes from the newspapers.

As you point out, the database itself may be hard to hack into - but supplying false information would be extremely easy for certain people I presume. I don't really see how this can "combat terrorism" or anything along those lines, as it is something easily evaded.

I do see beneficial uses when it comes to medial records etc... as if in say 20 years time we are able to get a fingerprint scan and our medical record "pops-up" on a PC in a hospital emergency room, it could save lives. Ease of information sharing with an increasingly mobile society would also play a big part.

What I do see being a problem (in the far future, when this technology and use is more advanced )is companies taking advantage of this data somehow, and for them to be able to provide targeted advertising to an individual.

I think 99.9% of people will not have a problem with the system once the bugs are worked out, but the few who do (stolen identities, false records, abused data), will have one hell of a ride. I am not sure which side outweighs the other, but I would like to see a comprehensive document of uses and "features" of the card from the government.
 
My take on it is I don't aprove of identity cards. I think it should be a choice. I really don't like the idea of it being compulsory, there's something very nice in the freedom in this country where you can walk down the road without anything at all in your pockets.

However, I do see the advantage in flushing out terrorists, so my objections aren't too strong.

As for a database on every individual residing here, my thinking is that it all pretty much exists anyway, it's just kept quiet.

When you have to get a new driver's licence, for whatever reason, you have to get the photo version. If you show the police that, they can instantly have a lots of facts anout you at their fingertips, so I'd say the greater majority of people sort of possess an identity card already.

It's just the compulsory thing that sticks in my gullet.

Maybe I haven't addressed the above question directly, but just thought I'd add my POV anyway :)
 
floppybootstomp said:
Ian, that site is hilarious :D
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I thought you would like it ;) I printed one of the forms off and placed it in an official looking envelope, then added it to one of our flatmates post piles... I got some very strange looks from her whilst she was reading it!
 
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