Andy posted
>I am not against the idea of ID cards per-se , but I am seriously
>worried about the cross-linking of them with government (and worse,
>third party) databases.
>
>Most people carry their bank cards with them, so I don't feel it would
>require a great deal of effort from the public.
Most people, being women, wear women's knickers. Is it OK if the
government forces you to wear women's knickers, Andy? After all, if most
people do it, you should be forced to as well.
>
>It should not be illegal not to carry an ID card, however, the police
>could pull such a person in to confirm their ID. This happens already
In that case, what's the point of introducing an ID card?
>(I know from first-hand personal experience). At present, this wastes
>a lot of police time...
Then the police should stop doing it.
>
>All the "database" needs to do is to validate cards which are
>suspected of being lost, stolen or forged.
But since you don't think we should have to carry ID cards, no-one needs
to validate them, and the database is pointless.
>The banks do a pretty good
>job of this, so as long as the technology was simple and minimal, it
>could work.
Work in what sense? What's it supposed to do?
>I would call the cards, not ID cards, but "Euro-passports". This would
>save the problem of Euro-travellers having to carry around bulky
>passports for a day trip to France.
You think the fundamental problem is that passports are too bulky? In
that case perhaps they can simply print smaller versions. There, problem
solved. Didn't even cost £15 billion.
>It would be sensible to use the
>same format throughout the EU.
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