Category Archives: ID cards

Archived posts from original infinite ideas machine blog

The Four Horsemen of our rights Apocalypse

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Phil

Sam and I have been having a conversation, and this article (posted originally on disruptiveproactivity.com) was one of the results: The worst excesses of care.data’s mandate to collect and exploit your medical records are coming back, and the scheme’s descendants … Continue reading →

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The ID scheme rides again… *sigh*

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Phil

A copy of the comment I left on the slides to Cabinet Office / Government Digital Service’s recent ‘SPRINT 13’ conference, Workshop 2 on “Electoral Registration Transformation”: Please provide a human-readable transcript! The following is just gobbledegook, e.g. ‘5. Electoral … Continue reading →

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First Reading of Identity Cards Bill

Posted on November 29, 2004 by Phil

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Home Secretary David Blunkett today introduced the Identity Cards Bill in the House of Commons. Now the battle begins in earnest. If you’ve been following my postings on ID cards, … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 9, 2004 by Phil

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] NO2ID have launched an e-Petition against the Government’s Orwellian, intrusive, impractical and immensely wasteful ID cards and identity register proposals. Please take the time to visit http://www.no2id-petition.net/ and sign it … Continue reading →

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Devil’s Advocate

Posted on October 19, 2004 by Phil

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Martin Brampton acts as an excellent Devil’s Advocate in his article, Does the UK need ID cards? on silicon.com. The comments are starting to reflect people’s growing concern with Blunkett’s … Continue reading →

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