"Andy" wrote in message
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>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.
Ah so you are against them.
>
> Most people carry their bank cards with them, so I don't feel it would
> require a great deal of effort from the public.
>
> 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
> (I know from first-hand personal experience). At present, this wastes
> a lot of police time...
>
> All the "database" needs to do is to validate cards which are
> suspected of being lost, stolen or forged. The banks do a pretty good
> job of this, so as long as the technology was simple and minimal, it
> could work.
>
> 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. It would be sensible to use the
> same format throughout the EU.
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