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UK ID Cards Could Be Upgraded To Super ID Cards

Posted by timothy on from the big-enough-to-give-you-all-you-want dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gadget lovers are used to punishing upgrade cycles but now it seems that the British ID card could be replaced with a 'super' ID card just a couple of years after the first one was released. The new card could be used to buy goods or services online, or to prove identity over the web. It's a bit of a kick in the teeth for the people who have already paid £30 for a 1st gen card that can't do any of these things."

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  1. Not really by Spad · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a bit of a kick in the teeth for the people who have already paid £30 for a 1st gen card that can't do any of these things.

    Yes, all 6 of them.

    1. Re:Not really by newcastlejon · · Score: 5, Funny

      And you can bet your last penny that they claimed the cost back on MPs' expenses.

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      If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
  2. Re:It's not a kick in the teeth for anyone. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Um, I think to much civil liberty Schooling maybe the problem. It's not fair that people who bought things at an earlier date get something different then those who buy it to day.

  3. Re:It's always been my dream ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your tongue-in-cheek request for attention hits the nail right on the head: Hello, Big Brother, can you please keep track of everything I ever buy and everywhere I ever go for me? Who knows, maybe they'll offer a CD at the end of the year with a summary of your purchases and travels for only £14.99.

    A more important question though, is how on earth do you last two months with only a 4 pack of toilet paper?

  4. Re:It's always been my dream ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    being accused of anything because of buying "the supermarket's brand in packs of 4 in average once every two months" just like the terrorists.

    Consider increasing the fibre in your diet. That'll foul up their profiling.

  5. One card... by afc_wimbledon · · Score: 4, Funny

    One card to rule them all, one card to find them, One card to bring them all and in the darkness bind them (With apologies to you know who)

    1. Re:One card... by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      With apologies to you know who

      V.. v.. v-v-voldemort?

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      which is totally what she said
  6. Re:Before someone by FuckingNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hillier? Hillier? So officials under Hillier will be asking for our papers?

    Hail Meg...!