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UK ID Cards Could Be Upgraded To Super ID Cards

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 18, 2010 @09:01PM 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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Re:Most people are not bothered by HungryHobo · 2010-03-18 22:18 · Score: 4, Interesting

I don't really care if the guys who sell me cola profile me, their motive is simple- profit.
I do care if the people who have guns and the power to have me locked up profile me, their motives are complex and involved power, politics and money.