identity cards in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment These cards will not deter fraud crimes such as identity fraud. And lastly, ID cards are again on the agenda. Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors Biometric ID cards will not solve problems because [27 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International is offering a reward for anyone... [11 Apr 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. Whitehall is planning to make the cards compulsory for them from 2009. There are a few more bits of empty posturing from the government here but overall... [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment Especially when a government commissioned report into the whole "identity assurance" issue, led by former HBoS banking chief James Crosby, was published this week saying ID cards will only be accepted by the public if they are free. [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. ¦ The Naked CIO: Identity crisis ¦ Revealed: The full cost of a corporate data breach ¦ Open source... [28 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: ID cards - cock-up and conspiracy...
Comment The action takes place in a UK where ID cards and biometrics have become a standard method of verifying identity. Still, I couldn't resist the BBC's new politico-techno-conspiracy thriller - The Last Enemy - featuring ID cards, pervasive CCTV... [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... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment We could however have ID cards without a central database, giving each citizen custody of their own data. Debate ID cards 'or scrap them' We do not need a separate card to hold the biometrics - they can be duplicated onto cards issued by banks etc... [13 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment This information will be recorded when people apply for a card and stored in the new National Identity Register, as well as on their identity cards. This would imply the majority, whether they realise it or not, are in favour of the peace of mind... [23 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment From my point of view, it's rare indeed that the subject of two silicon.com campaigns - scrutinising the technology behind the controversial ID cards project and our Full Disclosure campaignwhich calls for improving data protection - collide on... [21 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn ID cards rocketing costs Also have people not noticed some smaller business who have minimum spends for using credit and debit cards as well as cheques because of the charges that are made? [15 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... ID cards, Auntie's iPlayer, generation web 2.0, robot wars
Comment ID cards: The bidding war begins Identity issues What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [16 Aug 2007]
Full Disclosure - silicon.com launches data breaches campaign
Comment While the customers had to go through the trouble of getting new cards, the identity of the retailer remained a secret - much to the fury of customers who contacted silicon.com. Last year silicon.com chronicled the case of a still-to-be-named UK... [16 Jul 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment They sell for $12 each, alongside stolen credit cards details with card verification values ($1 to $6) and a full identity including US bank account, credit card, date of birth and government issued identification number ($14 to $18). [02 Apr 2007]
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