Protecting your ID

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Protecting your ID

'There is no privacy. Lace curtains twitch in the global village and the hand behind them is yours. Information wants to be free. You’ve set it free. We’re all in the know now.'
Lury Gibson, Dangerous Data

Identity theft, usable passwords, biometrics and privacy these are just some of the issues dogging UK society and business. But as this special report makes clear, protecting your ID is above all else a very personal matter, one about responsibility and education.


Within this report...

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Leader: Chip and PIN won't solve the fraud problem
And two years is too long to wait for a solution

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Leader: Toughen up financial services
When it comes to sectors that have been taken to another level by the adoption of internet technologies and IT more broadly, financial services must rank right up there. But if you were to look at silicon.com headlines only today you'd be forgiven for thinking we're in the dark ages.

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Opinion: UK needs cybercrime strategy
One way to help prevent online fraud and protect all of our PCs from viruses, worms and the like is for the UK government to come up with a national plan to fight cybercrime. But so far, says silicon.com columnist Simon Moores, there's been little progress towards such as goal.

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Biometrics: Your questions answered
silicon.com's expert panel answers reader questions on everything from iris scanning to fingerprinting - and how these technologies will be implemented into government and private sector systems we'll encounter everyday.

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Leader: Oh, hello... the police have woken up
The police have regularly been lambasted for a slightly backwards attitude and awareness where technology is concerned. If somebody is targeted by a cybercriminal and chooses to go into their local police station to report it there should at least be enough knowledge of such things to pass them onto the correct people - sadly it would seem an uninformed shrug may still be just as likely.

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Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 3)
Stopping spam, antivirus mail failings, hijacking email addresses, spyware liability, spoofing...

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Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 2)
In the final instalment of this three-part series, silicon.com's expert panel answers reader questions on stopping spam, antivirus mail failings, hijacking email addresses, spyware liability, spoofing and more.

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Security Q&A: Your questions answered (Part 1)
Execs under arrest, charging for email, rogue staff, email spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts...

Cheat Sheet
Cheat Sheet: Spyware
No, Mr Bond, I expect you to click...

Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Upside-down security

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Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Upside-down security
Turn everything on its head...


Leader: Are you the master of your own data?

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Leader: Are you the master of your own data?
Far from a ridiculous question


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Leader: Mobile spam - over-hyped
And over here? Only to a degree, for now...

Protecting your ID: All the commentary and analysis

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Protecting your ID: All the commentary and analysis
...in one place


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ID theft: Who's getting hold of your personal data?
Stop worrying about technology and start worrying about common sense...

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Biometrics: Eyes, ears, face or voice?
What is the future of biometric technologies?

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Spam and data protection: know the law and take precautions
How do you control who uses your personal information?

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Password hint: Think whether yours is good enough
Problems and costs, tips and alternatives

Leader: Who do you think you are?

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Leader: Who do you think you are?
There's only one you - are you sure it will always be that way?


UK faces massive ID card challenges

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UK faces massive ID card challenges
Aims, cost and security to name but a few...


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Protecting your ID News

BT plans passport checks to slash ID fraud
But you'll still need to keep an eye on your bin...

'Witness intimidation' hampering fraud convictions
Courts and legal system are ill-prepared for hearing technical cases...

Zombies are after your ID
Bot nets are increasingly looking to steal valuable personal information...

SurfControl rides the spyware wave
But warns time is running out for anybody favouring "buy" rather than "build" as an entry strategy...

Bloggers become spyware spreaders
Unwitting accomplices...

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