more on UK ID cards

[waider]

Mr Blunkett claimed the biometric system would make UK ID cards impossible to forge - unlike cards used elsewhere in Europe.

(link) I can't wait for someone to show up at a checkpoint with Blunkett's ID.

Comments

[anavolena.livejournal.com]

jon stewart did a rather inspired riff the other day on the biometric ID tag theme: colin powell had announced that many of our allies won't have them in place by the determined deadline, and isn't that horrible, but at least once they get them into place, we'll be safe from all the terrorists who are from allied nations, use their own passport, with their actual biometric identification, that has already been registered in our databases.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of Arthur C. Clarke's line that (to paraphrase) if a scientist says something can't be done, it will probably come to pass. One suspects that this maxim is even more reliable for politicians...

[waider.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of a counterfeiter being interviewed during the introduction of the last major change in UK currency; he said, "if one man can make it, another man can copy it". Which is worry enough in itself without having to be concerned with the security of the back-end systems, operators, etc.