Monthly Archives: May 2004

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: No longer published, Connecticut Department of Social Services’ Biometrics in Human Services User Group Newsletter [final issue] offers “a fascinating 7 year up close and personal look at biometric technology through the … Continue reading →

This entry has been sitting in Draft for a while now, but – especially given this week’s upcoming Missing Identity meeting – I’m becoming more and more convinced that it must be worth trying. Back at the end of March, … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Thanks to White Rose for linking to Darren Andrews’ cogent and elegantly-argued, ‘The Case Against ID Cards: A Principled Approach’. It’s so good, I just had to add it (as Freedom-Central.net) to … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Simon Davies’ paper about Campaigns of Opposition to ID Card Schemes on the Privacy International site offers several insights and a superb in-depth analysis of the Australian anti-ID card campaign in the … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Mr Lettice’s delicious ‘How to fool ID card system – give a false ID, say UK gov’ article in El Reg points out just how useless / ineffective / unadministrable(? you know … Continue reading →