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Subject: Re: ID cards, my personal view Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:59:17 +0000

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:05:23 -0000, "M.I.5¾"
wrote:

>
>"count zero" wrote in message
>news:f1ebefdd-ea47-4047-8fb0-fb2f80e67a01@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> At present we have people signing on in more than one place using
>> alias. We need a biometric card with a unique encryption. I also think
>> credit cards should carry photographs.
>
>This was something a few of the banks did about 4 or 5 years ago (Lloyds
>were definitely one) . Everyone who saw them though it was a good idea.
>The banks obviously disagreed because they completely disappeared.
>


I believe that they introduced no extra level of security. One of the
banks did an experiment with the photo of a monkey on the card of a
member of staff. They realised that it made no difference to any
challenges.