Leaked Government Doc Reveals UK ID "Coercion" Plans

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 1, 2008 @07:34AM from the sanity-is-not-statistical dept.

BoingBoing is relating a hair-raising tale from the UK anti-ID-register group 'NO2ID' that claims to have a leaked government document [PDF] detailing how the UK government plans to "coerce" citizens into a national ID register. "UK campaigners NO2ID this morning enlisted the help of bloggers across the world to spread a leaked government document describing how the British government intends to go about "coercing" its citizens onto a National Identity Register. The 'ID card' is revealed as little more than a cover to create a official dossier and trackable ID for every UK resident - creating what NO2ID calls 'the database state'."

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Might be adventageous by chappel · 2008-02-01 07:49 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I'd LOVE to have a 'database society' - as long as I was in control of all my own information. It could be certified for accuracy by a trusted outside party, and I'd have to authorize every query and could control the scope of information allowed to be seen. Any unauthorized query would be a punishable offense, any duplicate uncertified. An unworkable pipe dream of sci-fi proportions, no doubt.