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Leaked Government Doc Reveals UK ID "Coercion" Plans

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. That's nothing... by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I have a leaked Slashdot document revealing the Slashdot just got bought by Amazon.com... it's going to become the online tech news marketplace. It's real, man. CowboyNeal signed it himself. You can't read it, though... I... uh... it's... [CONNECTION TERMINATED]

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  2. NO worries by techpawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    The database will be written in MSAccess and kept on someones hard drive until it crashes.

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    1. Re:NO worries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, no. It will be in an Excel file pasted into a PowerPoint presentation left on some nobs thumb drive which gets lost in the snow. Some homeless vet will find it and think it's a whistle and keep it in the crotch of his underwear. If that's not security through obscurity, I don't know what is.

  3. Re:Coercion by exploder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is "coercion" in quotes? I'm gonna go out on a limb here... ...because it's a quote?

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  4. Re:Might be adventageous by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'd LOVE to have a 'database society' ...

    Be careful what you ask for; the Government will probably choose MS SQL Server... DOH! :-)

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  5. This is why we NEED the ID program by vancondo · · Score: 4, Funny

    You See! This is exactly why we need a comprehensive government ID system. Then we'd KNOW who wrote that report. I can't wait until we can all just sit around tracking each other, then we'll finally all be happy and safe!

    http://vancouvercondo.info

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  6. Re:Missing authorship information by Daimanta · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Slashdot, you can't take your opinion back! You flame your way out of trouble!

    Asshole!

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  7. Re:24 years behind schedule... by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Winston lived within sight of the Ministry of Truth, where he worked, not the Party headquarters. In fact it wasn't clear whether there even was a headquarters, but most of the Inner Party members lived in West London and the headquarters could easily have been in America for that matter. Airstrip One used to be known as Great Britain (i.e., the whole island), not London. London was still called London in Winston's time, and he speculated that it had probably been called that for a long time.

    The novel features a nursery rhyme called Oranges and Lemons that I believe ends like this:

    Here comes a National ID to light you to bed ... And here comes a chopper to chop off your head.

  8. Re:Coercion by n6kuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing fluffy is scary!

    But I would be wary of "fluffy" puppies.

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