cards in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment And lastly, ID cards are again on the agenda. These cards will not deter fraud crimes such as identity fraud. Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors Biometric ID cards will not solve problems because [27 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment Readers were also busy commenting on the "ring of steel" automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera rollout in Manchester, while ID cards were a hot topic once again… ID cards - the latest privacy concerns [12 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Another familiar topic getting readers hot and bothered this week is ID cards, following the announcement of the shortlisted suppliers for the lucrative IT contracts… ID cards Time to bin ID cards? The people who can fake passports nowadays will... [29 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment This week, readers had a thing or two to say about the Home Office consultancy bill and were not best pleased by the mounting cost of ID cards. ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill The latest in the debate over music downloaders and sharers also... [17 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online trading. [15 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International is offering a reward for anyone capturing the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or Home Secretary. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the... [11 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Thanks to the HMRC debacle and the ID cards U-turn, the pressing issues surrounding privacy and personal data have made their way to the centre of the political boxing ring. Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick... [28 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up Furthermore, the Parliamentary vote to make ID cards compulsory will now be put back to 2015. There are a few more bits of empty posturing from the government here but overall it’s a significant victory for opponents of ID cards, which, let's face... [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment If you wondered what the loud screeching of brakes was in Whitehall this week it was the sound of the government attempting to halt the ID cards juggernaut and execute an almighty handbrake u-turn as the wheels started to come off and it... [07 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment ID cards: Gov't slap on fines of up to £1,000 ID cards are a really bad idea in light of my experience of government record keeping. Illegal file-sharers Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough [28 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment Still, I couldn't resist the BBC's new politico-techno-conspiracy thriller - The Last Enemy - featuring ID cards, pervasive CCTV surveillance and gigantic databases. The action takes place in a UK where ID cards and biometrics have become a... [20 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…
Comment ID cards? I don't oppose the principle of ID cards - I have major issues though. ID cards are a good idea. ID cards would be a great convenience for people if it were possible to choose what information was stored (which could include blood group... [14 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Another blow to identity fraudsters
Comment For years the government has been telling us that it is so worried about the menace of identity fraud that it wants to spend £5bn on identity cards that will apparently protect us. If nothing happens, then next time the government starts talking... [06 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Ageism, broadband row, ID cards…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video Cheat Sheet: ID cards ¦ Photos: Zoom in on London from the air… ¦ Photos of the month - January 2008 ¦ Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook... [31 Jan 2008]
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Some of the technology challenges facing Go Ahead and other transport organisations are around mobile and wireless, electronic ticketing and smart cards. Work around the government's ITSO smart card interoperability standard is a big project for Go... [30 Jan 2008]
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