Category Archives: ID cards

Archived posts from original infinite ideas machine blog

Divergent thoughts

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Great! Irdial Discs is all fired up and has now outlined a(nother) web-based ID card demo using PIC cards, GPG for encryption – BUT using some form of database with facial recognition … Continue reading

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Mistaken Identity, missing politicians

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Well, that was interesting. Yesterday’s Mistaken Identity public meeting at the LSE was notable in many respects, but one of the most glaring was the complete absence of any representative from the … Continue reading

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Shift in public opinion

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Privacy International have published ‘A Nation Divided’ [45 KB PDF file] – a poll of UK electors to determine views and opinion trends relating to the proposed National Identity Card. The poll … Continue reading

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Biometrics in Human Services User Group Newsletters

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

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Practical alternatives

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

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