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Biometric ID Cards Ready For Trial In UK

Posted by timothy on from the read-the-article dept.

0ctal writes "Looks like us lucky Brits are getting ID cards no matter what... A 10,000 user trial starts next week. There's been a fair amount of debate on this recently, and it's been coming for some time, but live trials are sooner than expected. The trial is set up to evaluate three competing biometric products. Qinetiq, quoted by the story, are a government backed company set up to use MoD tech in civilian apps."

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  1. ID cards don't work against illegal immigrants. by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Go ask the Spanish government about the 800,000 illegal immigrants from Morocco living in Spain *without* national ID cards. ID cards are compulsory in Spain.

    They *also* don't make a blind bit of difference against terrorist organisations, as Spain also found out to their cost.

    It's pure myth that ID cards are effective tools against illegal immigration and terrorism.

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