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18 Sep · Sun 2005

Oops - did I blink and miss it?


How remiss of me. It appears that the UK government has just spent a whole week convincing us how wonderful ID cards are, and I had no idea. Thanks goodness for the Register. Now all I need to do is find how what Home Office minister Andy Burnham means when he asserts (no, it's a claim) that: "It may sound like a bold claim but our ID card system will protect personal data and privacy." Hmmm. They can't tell us how much it will cost yet, but they already it will do some pretty tricky stuff. Nifty.
Posted by racingsnake @ 09:53 PM GMT+00:00 [ Comments [4] ]
 
 
 
 
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They have to know who you are before they can actually protect your information.

Posted by David on September 18, 2005 at 11:23 PM GMT+00:00 #

The word "protection" (as in racket) doesn't mean anything unless you specify protection for whom from whom. Banks typically focus their security on protecting themselves from fraud and/or liability, not on reducing the risk for their customers. The Home Office has stated an ambiguous intention to protect something to do with personal data, for its own wise purposes. Nanny will protect us, nanny knows best.

Posted by Richard Veryard on September 19, 2005 at 08:11 AM GMT+00:00 #

Hi David - thanks for your comment. Have you tried saying the same thing to a Swiss bank? ;^)

Posted by Robin Wilton on September 19, 2005 at 09:01 AM GMT+00:00 #

Richard -
<em> Arthur Dent: "Is it safe?"
Ford Prefect: "Oh yes, <strong>it's</strong> perfectly safe. It's US who are in trouble." </em> ;^)

Posted by Robin Wilton on September 19, 2005 at 09:07 AM GMT+00:00 #

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