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ID Card on track says government
Blog This just in on the ongoing ID Card issue. BTW Bruce Schneier says we shouldn't get all hot and bothered over ID cards as they are just a temporary technology before unseen biometrics take over http://adonoghue.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/uk-id-card...
[November 6, 2008, 13:03]
Pulling together UK ID card privacy threads
Blog Reading a paper by the European Network and Information Security Agency (Enisa) last week on privacy guards in EU ID card schemes raised some interesting questions for me. A Home Office spokesperson said that essentially eID Card schemes were used...
[February 9, 2009, 16:40]
UK ID card fuss is only temporary
Blog I am not quite convinced about Schneier's time-frame as look at how long its taken to get a plastic card with a photo on it approved so how long are we really looking at for sophisticated biometrics technology and the databases in the background...
[October 29, 2008, 10:00]
Government releases more details of UK ID Card
Blog Not got time to digest this at the moment but here's the information from the government press office on the trial of the ID Card scheme which happened a couple of hours ago: Home Office) First ID card unveiled by Home Secretary as scheme builds...
[September 25, 2008, 14:00]
First UK ID Card unveiled
Blog At 11.30 on Thurs, Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, is set to show off the first National ID Card to journalists at an event at the Home Office. The card is only going to be aimed at immigrants initially who will have to carry the card from November.
[September 25, 2008, 9:30]
Government kicks UK when it's down with more ID Card news
Blog Work is underway to identify a number of areas across the UK where British nationals can be among the first to apply for an identity card, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced when she visited Manchester today.
[January 29, 2009, 16:07]
Passport chief comments on ID Card security
Blog James Hall, the new CEO of the UK Identity and Passport service, has just said in a web chat that the National Identity Register will be part of the national critical infrastructure and be "securely accredited".
[November 14, 2006, 16:31]
India takes step on ID Card road
Blog India has taken a step towards provision of biometric ID Cards for all citizens. The Hindu mentioned the supposed benefits of this sort of scheme -- no need for multiple forms of ID, oh happy citizen, this will make your life much easier (and more...
[November 11, 2008, 12:18]
Pope on film!
Blog Long-term pal The Codepope writes to let me know he is now available for your viewing pleasure in the Pet Shop Boys video for their new anti ID card song, Integral. I do like the ZX81 style graphics, and rumour has it that the 2D barcodes which...
[September 28, 2007, 16:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Figures from the Home Office released today say that 73 percent of the population are in favour of identity cards - and even if a combined ID card and passport cost £250, 63 percent think it’s a good thing and would cough up.
[October 14, 2005, 18:45]
ID cards - compulsory or not?
Blog Stop Joe Criminal and give him the option of popping along to the police station later to bring in his ID card, and you think he'll show up? In any case, you'll automatically register for an ID card if you renew or apply for a passport, so...
[July 12, 2007, 17:38]
Gov't says scrapping ID cards won't save it £3bn
Blog We have always been very open about ID card costs and we will be publishing the latest National Identity Service cost report in the autumn. The statement did not address the "pot of money" that could be saved by passport applicants should the...
[August 14, 2009, 17:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Papua New Guinea, when challenged for their ID card, what happens? Silly of me to wonder, of course, the ID card people are bound to have thought of that — and if they haven't, they can ask the Prison Service how they coped with the problem.
[April 28, 2006, 18:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You remember the UK ID card farrago? Our beloved government decided that ID cards were a good idea, and was somewhat shocked by the strength and consistency of the objections from all quarters. Not only is it an execrable piece of manipulation, the...
[April 8, 2004, 17:00]
HM Govt vs The LSE, Round XII!
Blog Oh dear, the government does not seem to be getting on well with that pesky team from the London School of Economics, who insist on putting the ID card scheme under continuous scrutiny. Senior team members behind the Identity Project have...
[October 23, 2006, 16:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And, of course, I had my little proof-of-purchase card and my picture ID card in the same wallet: these had deliquesced completely. Last year, I wrote about London Transport's Oyster card -- an RFID ticketing system that lets us Londoners skip...
[June 18, 2004, 18:45]
Gov't loses a PC a week
Blog Until Ministers can demonstrate that their departments can be trusted with confidential information, the Government should place its controversial ID Card scheme on hold. The ICO spokesperson I talked to declined to comment on the ID Cards scheme...
[November 24, 2008, 15:26]
Wallet Phones Are Coming:Visa Should Jump On Board
Blog The perfect wallet phone should accommodate ones plastic necessities (drivers license, Blockbuster Video card, Gym/Fitness ID, etc) too. With such technologies emerging in the way of wireless handsets, this seems like a particularly good time for...
[August 19, 2008, 19:37]
Politicians go in for some IT bashing
Blog The latest ad for the DVLA seems an odd choice for a government currently being accused of Big Brother behaviour with the clumsily draconian ID-Card scheme. How do you engender trust in a populace already paranoid about Governmental IT cock-ups and...
[March 19, 2007, 16:10]
Phorm's underlying problem - and how to fix it
Blog As anyone who's worked in espionage knows, not knowing your target's exact ID doesn't prevent you profiling them and knowing what they do - and that once you've got enough information, it doesn't really matter that you've never directly had your...
[March 12, 2008, 6:15]
