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UK Can't Read Its Own ID Cards

Posted by samzenpus on from the forest-for-the-trees dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite the introduction of ID cards last November, it has emerged that Britain has no readers that are able to read the cards' microchips, which contain the person's fingerprints and other biometric information. With cops and border guards unable to use the cards to check a person's identity, critics are calling the £4.7bn scheme 'farcical' and a 'waste of time.'"

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  1. Re:Where exactly are these cards? by JockTroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    Serves you right for being a limey in limeyland, loserboy. Eat Corgi shit and cheer the CCTV cameras while Gordon Brownnose shoves nightstick up your ass and thousands of chavs slice you up with IKEA knives.

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    Geeks are so full of shit that "beating the crap out of them" takes a whole new meaning.