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Blunkett Backs Down on UK ID Cards

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-all-on-my-card dept.

Anonymous Brave Guy writes "Some people don't like the civil rights concerns. Some think they'll cost too much. Some think they'll lead to more identity theft than identity verification. Some think governments can't manage big database projects and there are bound to be mistakes and over-runs. Any way you look at it, compulsory ID cards have a lot of potential drawbacks, so is the UK's Home Secretary, David Blunkett, starting to back down from the idea? Combining ID cards with passports and driving licenses was the key way to force them on an often unwilling UK population, and seems to have gone for good, but apparently legislation to bring in some form of ID card is still likely in the next Queen's Speech. Is it the beginning of the end of a bad idea, or just more spin to dodge the remaining concerns?"

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  1. wah? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    holy crap

    1. Re:wah? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Indeed!

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