I'm worried about the new ID cards. Not the thought of carrying one per se, more the scope for it to go wrong in so many new and interesting ways. Read the first bold link for a succinct reason behind my problems with the technology, and the second for my fears about the concept.
- Biometrics are cool, but...
- Problems with authentication
- BBC NEWS | Q&A: Identity cards
- BBC iCan - ID cards: an iCan briefing
- BBC NEWS | Other countries' ID schemes
- BBC NEWS | When the British fought off ID cards
- PrivacyActivism.org | Biometrics And Airport Security
- EPIC Statement on Biometrics and Identity Theft, 7/18/02
- No to ID cards- against ID cards, Identity cards and entitlement cards