Category Archives: ID cards

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 →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: It’s a few months old now, but the salient points of ‘The emerging use of biometrics’ in The Economist still have a bearing: Biometrics still do not work well enough for many … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Trevor Mendham at The Chestnut Tree points out today’s Independent article ‘Blair to push Europe Bill before election’ [article now behind paywall], in which it is reported that Tony Blair “…has asked … Continue reading →