I can't help feeling that this 'trial run' of ID cards /NIR rather blows the gaffe on the whole enterprise, particularly the claim to protect our identities from misuse.
I think that this is a recognition, in effect, that the concerns about NIR wrt security are well-founded and that in reality there is no security. Time to stop wasting our money on developing this white elephant.
330,000 users to have access to database on England's children | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Technorati Tags: ID_cards, NIR, UK, security, costs
Though it stresses the sophistication of the electronic security surrounding the databank, it acknowledges: "No system can be 100% guaranteed against misuse." The government was warned by family campaigners that parents would be concerned about the number of people able to search the database, and about the potential security risk.
I think that this is a recognition, in effect, that the concerns about NIR wrt security are well-founded and that in reality there is no security. Time to stop wasting our money on developing this white elephant.
330,000 users to have access to database on England's children | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Technorati Tags: ID_cards, NIR, UK, security, costs
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