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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. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i got it!

  2. Re:Blunkett scares the... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "Ah well, I'll just move abroad with my girlfriend and take our 30 000 of student loan with us."

    Bon Voyagee. Don't forget to write.

  3. Re:Blunkett scares the... by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Redundant
    More to the point, he's literally the only person in the UK who thinks ID cards are a good thing and yet still they're being pushed through.

    Nonsense. I like 80% of Britons think ID cards are a good idea.

  4. Re:A good Q&A on this from the BBC too... by rking · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm so sick and tired of all of this fearmongering.

    Me too, it's leading to the introduction of things like identity cards.