The ever perceptive Bruce Schneier blogs on the over estimation of identity theft levels in the US. Some interesting discussion in the comments.
Of course, we know that there are vested interests who stand to benefit from exagerated threats. It is hard to pick through the hype. Most measures that are taken against [...]
ePolitix.com reports that another elected politician has pledged to go to jail rather than the forced to get an ID card:
Nationalist member of the Welsh assembly Leanne Wood said on Monday she was “ready to go behind bars” rather than be forced to [have] an ID card.
The South Wales Central AM has signed up to [...]
John Lettice, writing in the Register, speculates that someone in the Home Office has finally noticed that its ID card scheme would be totally useless for verifying identity in on-line and telephone transactions:
According to [Andy] Burnham, there is “an opportunity for the identity card scheme to combat online fraud”, and the Home Office is looking [...]
Tony Collins writes in Computer Weekly:
The Home Office has rejected Computer Weekly’s application under the Freedom of Information Act to publish the risks relating to the ID cards scheme, or the “traffic light” results of three Gateway reviews by the Office of Government Commerce.
The rejection is listed as one of the reasons for this magazine’s [...]
Not quite a news item, but I thought I’d take the opportunity to mention that a few of our hard working Local Groups have put up websites. This is a great way to find out about how the fight against the database state is being carried out in your local area, and how you [...]
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