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HP Announces National Id System Built on .NET

Posted by Zonk on from the more-id-planning dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Yahoo is running a story about HP's national ID plan, 'The need to securely identify people moving across national and international borders has never been more important than it is today,' said Jim Ganthier, worldwide leader, Defense, Intelligence and Public Safety, HP. 'HP and Microsoft are working together to provide government agencies the ability to access the integrated data streams needed to securely identify people both in the physical and virtual worlds.'"

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  1. Security? by robotsrule · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So if someone exploits a security hole in .NET they can take my identity?

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    Robert Oschler - RobotsRule.com
  2. Re:They clearly want a piece of the pie. by rpozz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Thanks for the link.

    The LSE study also raised the issue of people who are against ID cards, called "refuseniks". It said: "The costs of handling this group will be substantial".

    Looks like it's possible for the general public to do something about this one. Enough noise about it and it'll be too expensive and political suicide. The use of the word 'handling' is quite disturbing though.

    Given our government's total incompetence at handling things like this, I'd imagine it will end up costing even more if implemented.

  3. What happened to privacy? by xmundt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Greetings and Salutations...
    I would feel far better about this if;
    a) the bad guys would play by the rules and register for their identity cards just like us law-abiding citizens and...
    b) We did not have such a long history of government abusing power that it takes.

    It may be a more complex world now, but, because of that, privacy should be even more valuable and preserved...rather than being stripped away.
    While there is no current indications that this ID card will become a required, internal passport, there is a VERY good chance it will be...which undercuts one of the mainstays of American life - that of unfettered travel throughout the country. It could, alas, lead to a totalitarian state on a VERY easy road. Read Lewis Sinclair's "It Can't Happen Here", and see if you see any parallels between HIS thesis and OUR reality today!
    On top of that, I have little confidence in the government or large organizations to keep accurate enough records to make this workable. So far, the track record is not great.

    Regards
    Dave Mundt

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  4. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    This is so wrong, on so many levels.

    It presumes security based on Windows. Didn't Passport already fail, doesn't MS learn from past mistakes?!?

    It presumes HP will be at the center of it.

    And it presumes on a platform that isn't platform agnostic.

    Fucking greed again at work.

  5. Oracle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Considering that Oracle said they'd donate the software to the
    feds for free for a national ID system, you have to wonder what Microsoft's price was. Clearly there's some payoff; but my bet is that it's to some special interests (individuals, or the states of specific lobbiests) and the taxpayer'll get screwed.

  6. The minority rules OK! by Colin+Smith · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In the UK, the Labour party just got reelected with only 36% of the vote. Yup. That's a minority. Almost 2/3 of the population didn't want them in power.

    Step 1: So, the first thing you do in a "democracy" to reduce individual liberty *and* get them to pay for it is take advantage of a medieval electoral system which gives a 1/3 minority an absolute majority in the parliament.

    Step 2: Then you use that parliamentary majority to push just about any legislation you like through the house.

    Step 3: Profit!

    Good eh?

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  7. Re:The scum in Redmond by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    that's very heartening...

    but it will never be modded up... for the same reason that all the intelligensia that opposed Bush in the last election did not take to the streets opposing the obvious scam in Ohio on the part of Diebold.

    Intellectual have a tendency to rant for years in advance of an event, such as all the posts on slashdot that disclosed the easy methods of error on the part of diebold.

    However, when what was feared came to pass, was there a riot in the streets? No. Even though it was obvious that O'Dell did what he said he was going to do... did the intelligensia run to the streets shouting?

    No. We all rolled over, just like we will roll over and take the ID cards and get back to playing the current replacement for everquest.

    One of the problems with our society is that the people who see the problems wish to stay on the morale high ground to the degree that they will whistle dixie all the way to the furnaces.

    Thanks for leaving Microsoft. It is perhaps... not evil... but spineless in it's pursuit of a stronger market share and even more so of the mindshare.