Category Archives: ID cards

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Not so voluntary after all!

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: There are a couple of ‘classic’ quotes in today’s Scotsman’s article, Identity crisis as ID trial gets brush off: Professor Alan Marshall, a specialist in human rights based at the University of … Continue reading

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Putting 2 and 2 together

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: John Leyden’s report Accenture wins $10bn Homeland Security gig ends with some interesting facts that may well start to hit home later this year: Since January, visitors to the US from many … Continue reading

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Steal this image

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: Click on the pic to check out the NO2ID campaign site.

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Trust, trade or anonymity?

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [After a coupla days off – hooray for Bank Holidays!] Someone who White Rose now tell me wishes to remain anonymous (!) proposes a UK anonymity card: “A more palatable alternative might … Continue reading

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Oops! Another biometric cockup

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: John Leyden in The Register’s, FBI apology for Madrid bomb fingerprint fiasco, points out the dangers of over reliance on supposedly ‘infallible’ biometric evidence. As it turns out, the FBI incorrectly matched … Continue reading

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