Brian Glick, editor of Computing, writes in his diary column:
Clearly, nobody wants to see George Orwell proved right. Privacy and personal freedom are fundamental tenets of our society and should never be compromised. But surely, adhering to knee-jerk reactions to any new technology that could be perceived as potentially infringing these rights is every bit [...]
Mark Ballard writes in The Register:
The Office of Government Commerce has appealed against an order by the Information Tribunal that it must publish official documents that assess the justification for the government’s identity card scheme.
Meanwhile, speculation over Prime-Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown’s support for the programme has been see-sawing for lack of any real substance.
The clerk of [...]
The FT leader-writer has learned that The Office of Government Commerce is to appeal to the High Court over the Information Tribunal’s ruling that the ID Cards gateway review should be published, and disapproves:
[The] tribunal found that while a “safe space” may be needed for a time to conduct such reviews, the passage of time [...]
Ian Bell writes in The Herald:
This is the most surveilled – apologies for the grotesque verb – society in the western world. Anonymity, discretion, a private life are no longer permitted. We have cameras like a voyeurs’ orgy on every village lamppost and a data file for every subject in every Tesco. We will shortly [...]
From the Guardian editorial:
Most hardened lags coming to the end of their stretch inside would be minded to keep their heads down. Not Tony Blair. Ten years into his term, the prime minister yesterday came up with some fresh ideas for tackling the threat of terrorism. They include giving police officers in the UK the [...]
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