The Home Office has published the results of last year’s UK Passport Service (UKPS) Biometrics Enrolment Trial. You can find the reports on the Home Office website.
The trial revealed significant problems with the biometric technology. Even the least problematic biometric test – iris scanning – had a recognition failure rate of 4%. That might not [...]
The Government published an almost-unchanged Identity Cards bill yesterday, making the same list of claims for its purposes, but this time emphasising identity theft rather than terrorism. As The Register says:
This week’s key pro-ID card argument is clearly ID theft, and several ministers have said £1.3 billion several times already. On Monday Charles Clarke [...]
The Scottish Executive has been evaluating a possible Entitlement Card for those living in Scotland.
Now, a genuinely voluntary scheme implemented without an intrusive National Identity Register could be very useful for some people. However we all remember that David Blunkett initially introduced his ID Card scheme under the euphemism of “Entitlement Cards”, so we’ve been [...]
The Guardian reports:
A last minute hitch appears to have delayed the introduction of the government’s identity cards legislation this week despite the hopes of the home secretary, Charles Clarke, that it would be published before the Commons rises for the Whitsun break on Friday.
The “hitch” seems to be stiffer resistance from Labour rebels than the [...]
Tony Westbrook, writing in IT week, says:
The Queen has outlined the 45 government bills that will pass through parliament over the next few months.
The most significant one for IT is the compulsory identity card bill, which was foiled during the last parliament but is now back and has barely changed. I have recorded my opposition [...]
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