Big Brother Britain ‘putting lives in danger’
Jon Land writes in 24dash.com:
Supermarket loyalty cards, CCTV schemes and Government projects such as the national identity cards scheme must be adapted to minimise the risk of a “Big Brother Britain”, experts warned today.
A report on privacy and surveillance painted a frightening picture of a future where personal details could be hijacked and abused – possibly even placing lives in danger.
The Royal Academy of Engineering predicted that “biometric” details such as the fingerprints which will form part of the compulsory ID card scheme – could be compromised by terrorists and criminals.
Private information from a person’s health records or even their shopping habits could be used against them in the future, it suggested.
The report itself is here.
March 27th, 2007 at 03:52
Good report from reputable Engineers.
I have been considering the dangers of carrying RFID enabled cards, and how determined groups of terrorists are likely to exploit the flawed technology that our government is refusing to acknowledge and foist upon us.
The Government are potentially putting our lives at risk.
This needs to be highlighted and brought to the attention of the The Commons Home Affairs committee in their review.
March 28th, 2007 at 17:09
“The Royal Academy of Engineering predicted that “biometric” details such as the fingerprints which will form part of the compulsory ID card scheme – could be compromised by terrorists and criminals”.
Presumably he is referring to “terrorists and criminals” other than our present government?