Story: Thinktank: Debate ID cards or drop them

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It is not the cards but the central database which is the issue

Surely the statement that 'there needs to be more open consideration of what kind of information the cards would hold' is missing the whole point.

We need to quetion why there should be a central database at all containing all the personal information held on ID cards.

With Chip & Pin, for example, there is a perfectly good model for storing secure personal information (pin number) on the card, and not centrally. ID cards can work the same way.

What objective does having a central database with information to be stolen in bulk give, which cannot be achieved purely from having personal data on the cards?

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