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purplecthulhu at 02:33pm on 21/05/2004
purplecthulhu at 02:33pm on 21/05/2004The LSE held a public discussion of ID cards on Wednesday. Sadly I couldn't go myself, but there is a good write up of the meeting here:
http://www.infiniteideasmachine.com/archive/000062.html
Interestingly, the government failed to send anyone to the meeting. Are they perhaps scared that reasonned, informed debate will show the scheme to be as bankrupt as it is?
Interesting new snippets from the meeting:
Since the company that makes the chips will only guarantee them for 5 years, you'll have to renew your passport twice as often (more profits for the companies that make them, and doubling the cost to holders).
Scotland and Wales are very negative about the scheme, while consitution difficulties will make it awkward to include Northen Ireland and Eire citizens (who have a right of abode in the UK). So this will never be a universal scheme, defeating it before it starts. (Hmmm - maybe I should think more about Irish citizenship...)
There is good news - the government's success rate in rolling out large IT projects has double over the last 2 years - to 34%.
Even George W Bush thinks ID cards are counter to civil liberties.
I could go on, but read the article and those it links to, especially if you think ID cards are a good idea.
http://www.infiniteideasmachine.com/archive/000062.html
Interestingly, the government failed to send anyone to the meeting. Are they perhaps scared that reasonned, informed debate will show the scheme to be as bankrupt as it is?
Interesting new snippets from the meeting:
Since the company that makes the chips will only guarantee them for 5 years, you'll have to renew your passport twice as often (more profits for the companies that make them, and doubling the cost to holders).
Scotland and Wales are very negative about the scheme, while consitution difficulties will make it awkward to include Northen Ireland and Eire citizens (who have a right of abode in the UK). So this will never be a universal scheme, defeating it before it starts. (Hmmm - maybe I should think more about Irish citizenship...)
There is good news - the government's success rate in rolling out large IT projects has double over the last 2 years - to 34%.
Even George W Bush thinks ID cards are counter to civil liberties.
I could go on, but read the article and those it links to, especially if you think ID cards are a good idea.
(no subject)
Thanks for the mention
Scarily, despite not turning up on Wednesday, Blunkett reckons he is going to be able to squash 'once and for all' the financial & implementation arguments against the scheme when he addresses this industry meeting on Monday:
http://www.intellectuk.org/databases/calendar/EventDetails.asp?ID=744
(Just look at the price of a ticket, and tell me this isn't about the money...)
Re: Thanks for the mention