Jan Morris writes in The Guardian:
Anyone can see that in Britain, 2008, individuality is being suppressed, so that year by year, generation by generation, the people are being bullied or brainwashed into docile conformity. What is more ominous is that so many want to be docile. They want to be supervised, cosseted, homogenised, obedient.
The ubiquitous [...]
Nick Heath writes on the ZDnet web site:
Experts have warned that the ID-card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches.
The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme’s (NIS’s) reliance on fingerprint and facial-recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG).
BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt [...]
David Davis answers readers’ questions in The Independent:
You’ll be running against the Monster Raving Loonies and a fruit seller. Hasn’t the gamble failed? (Liz Cromfield, Sheffield)
It speaks volumes that Gordon Brown will not defend his record by contesting this election. But my aim is to launch a national debate on the defence of British liberty [...]
Marina Hyde writes in The Guardian:
‘The individual has no right to anonymity,” Andy Burnham once explained during a robotic defence of identity cards. “The state has a right to know who you are.” Yet despite his concerted efforts to draw attention to himself with dazzling feats of brown-nosery, the cloak of anonymity has hung heavy [...]
Patrick Wintour writes in The Guardian:
Ministers are being urged by the Post Office to give it valuable contracts to take over the distribution of ID cards, biometric data, and e-passports, in a bid to save it from a further round of politically-damaging closures, and loss of customers.
The organisation is arguing in private talks with ministers [...]
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