As I recall, when Tony Blair wanted to introduce ID cards, a lot of the objections were to the *database*, not the plastic card; to the sudden ability of anyone with access to link e.g. your driver's licence to your council tax to your adoption papers etc. and therefore (a) the likelihood that people would start doing dystopian data-mini…
As I recall, when Tony Blair wanted to introduce ID cards, a lot of the objections were to the *database*, not the plastic card; to the sudden ability of anyone with access to link e.g. your driver's licence to your council tax to your adoption papers etc. and therefore (a) the likelihood that people would start doing dystopian data-mining or (b) that identity theft would be much more serious as a result. (Think of the USA where every single database has someone's social security number as a foreign key.) I'm curious to what has been done to address those concerns.
Former No2ID activist here (in fact, I'm currently wearing a No2ID T-shirt): yes, this was exactly our main objection. I too am curious about whether there's been any progress on this: it would be nice to have more joined-up government services, but I still really don't trust the Home Office.
As I recall, when Tony Blair wanted to introduce ID cards, a lot of the objections were to the *database*, not the plastic card; to the sudden ability of anyone with access to link e.g. your driver's licence to your council tax to your adoption papers etc. and therefore (a) the likelihood that people would start doing dystopian data-mining or (b) that identity theft would be much more serious as a result. (Think of the USA where every single database has someone's social security number as a foreign key.) I'm curious to what has been done to address those concerns.
Former No2ID activist here (in fact, I'm currently wearing a No2ID T-shirt): yes, this was exactly our main objection. I too am curious about whether there's been any progress on this: it would be nice to have more joined-up government services, but I still really don't trust the Home Office.