ID Cards compulsory again
As The Register reports, the UK Identity Cards legislation has been bounced around for a third time, with the Commons reinstating the compulsory aspect of the scheme (compelling anyone who takes out a passport also to take an ID card and be entered on the national identity database). Sadly, it looks like this will be decided not on the actual merits and demerits of the scheme but on constitutional details – whether the Lords can continue to stymie the Commons.
If you haven’t written to your MP yet to make your opinions known, can I ask you please to do so? It’s very easy to do, thanks to TheyWorkForYou.
Update
No2ID is also reporting that the ID card will no longer be tied to biometrics. Instead, companies will be able to “verify” an ID-card holder’s identity using a simple 4-digit PIN. The database storing all of our important, identifying information will be no more secure than its weakest link – and PINs are very vulnerable to stealing and hacking. Given the prizes available for forging ID cards, expect such a system to be broken into quickly, thoroughly and often.
pax et bonum
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