Rosa Prince writes in The Mirror:
The controversial ID card scheme has already cost taxpayers nearly £50million, it was revealed yesterday.
Developing the technology for the biometric cards drained government coffers of £46.4million between May 2003 and May 2006.
Yet Tony Blair’s pet project has suffered a series of setbacks amid rumours that it will be shelved by [...]
Mark Ballard writing in The Register, reports comments from Andrew Phillips, The former Lord Phillips of Sudbury, and opponent of ID Cards:
Another piece of legislation that Phillips fought in the House of Lords and is still fighting today is the Identity Cards Bill. He had been talking with Liberty, the civil rights campaign group, and [...]
Philippe Naughton writes in The Times:
News that a German computer expert has managed to “clone” the data chip on his new passport has called into question government assurances about the security of the planned national ID card – which will use similar technology.
Lukas Grunwald gave a demonstration at a conference in Las Vegas last week [...]
Gaby Hinsliff writes in The Observer:
Gordon Brown is planning a massive expansion of the ID cards project that would widen surveillance of everyday life by allowing high-street businesses to share confidential information with police databases.
Far from intending to dump ID cards once he is in Downing Street, Brown is quietly studying how biometric technology – [...]
Plenty of coverage of today’s publication of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on ID card Technologies; Oliver King’s piece in the Guardian is representative:
Tony Blair’s determination to press ahead with plans to introduce identity cards received a double blow today when two reports accused the government of confusion and of keeping [...]
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