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Story: British life 'unthinkable' without ID cards

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ID database

So this weeks "reason" for the introduction of the ID database nightmare is ID theft. I'm surprised they have gone back to this one as it has been debunked very thoroughly by several professional organisations in the ID business as well as a number of high profile individuals.

The consensus would seem to be that putting all your eggs in one basket is still just as much of a bad idea as it always used to be and that the government's record on data security is way too bad to even play at thinking your ID would not get stolen from the very system they have built to supposedly protect it.

I would still disagree with this monstrosity if they fessed up that the actual reason they want it, is that the very idea of having reams of personal data on everyone in the UK on a single database under their control, gives them little thrilling shivers all over; but I least I might respect their honesty.

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