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Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
The real last enemy is…incompetence

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Leader: Will biometrics turn us into a nation of hoodies?
Crime, paranoia and the future of security

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Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Our campaign has always had the backing of senior figures in the political and IT community - but this is the first time we've heard top figures inside the project making comments that echo our concerns.

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Leader: ID card dreams and nightmares
But is the government describing 2016 or 1984?

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Leader: ID cards fight must go on
The bill might now be law but it's still a costly dog's dinner of a scheme. Here on silicon.com, we will shift the focus of our ID Cards on Trial campaign to scrutinise the procurement and delivery of this scheme every step of the way.

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Leader: Why public support for ID cards is falling
"You cannot fool all the people all the time"...

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Leader: Don't be fooled by Blair's "cardboard" ID compromise
Vote too close to call...

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Leader: Government sums don't add up
Is this just a desperate last ditch attempt to boost case for ID cards?

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Leader: ID cards victory for silicon.com campaign
It's a landmark day in silicon.com's ongoing ID Cards on Trial campaign, following the savage defeat inflicted on the flawed legislation by peers in the House of Lords.

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Opinion: ID cards - a fiasco waiting to happen
A national ID card may not be bad in theory, says Brian White, but there are a number of technological kinks that need to be worked out first for it to succeed.

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Photos: New ePassport revealed
Pictures show how the biometric passport will look

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Devil's Advocate: ID cards - another reason to protest
Martin Brampton weighs in against national ID cards in the UK once again - this time because the music industry appears to be getting involved.

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Leader: ID card vote shames IT industry
It wasn't a wholly unexpected outcome but, nevertheless, the narrow victory in the House of Commons for the government's controversial ID cards bill on Tuesday represents a new low point for UK democracy and the country's IT industry.

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Leader: Watch the ID card retreat
Signs of a definite change of gear in the government's ID card strategy came today. But take the supposed U-turn with a pinch of salt. All it means is they're going to try a different spin.

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Devil's Advocate: ID cards won't stop terrorists
As with the war on drugs, the government has apparently made little progress in stopping terrorist attacks thus far. The latest remedy, ID cards, will not change this state of affairs, says Martin Brampton.

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Opinion: We'll pay for ID cards
As the ID cards bill comes to a vote in the UK, Simon Moores raises his objections to the government's plans, with the downsides including what could be potentially serious losses for citizens should the system fail.

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Leader: It's not too late to rethink flawed ID cards plan
Nothing, it seems, will force the UK government to back down over its half-cocked, hair-brained ID card proposals. The best hope is that the bill gets blocked or delayed long enough for the project to undergo a rethink - or get quietly dropped altogether.

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Leader: Why silicon.com is taking on ID cards
Launching a campaign against the ID cards plans was a decision we have not taken lightly but as an IT publication we have heard too many voices of concern from across the political parties, from respected academics and, most tellingly of all, from within the technology industry itself to ignore the issue.