Identity
WRITTEN ON Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
Many government initiatives – notably the ID cards scheme – depend for their success on the reliability of certain mass consumer biometrics. Ministers and officials suggest that these biometrics are reliable. The field trials conducted suggest the opposite. Are they reliable or aren’t they? What are we to believe? WIBBI official statistics were collated by […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, May 8th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, Political engagement, What do we want?
Just got the latest No2ID newsletter. I’m just staggered at the strength of their argument, their analysis behind the spin, the clarity of their thinking and thei organisational capability. These people do this on a shoestring. And yet – correct me if I’m wrong – I’ve yet to hear anyone in government or indeed any […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 BY Ruth Kennedy AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, Pertinent Art, What do we want?
The Grauniad reports that the instigator of serious efforts to introduce ID cards in the UK, D Blunkett Esq, has just suggested we don’t need them after all. Scrap ID cards plan, says David Blunkett. Passports with biometric data would do same job and be cheaper than £5bn scheme, says former home secretary I think […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
In six days time, on 30 March, the Identity Cards Act (ICA) will be three years old. In any normal family, that would be an occasion for joy. But the Identity & Passport Service (IPS) is not a normal family. The social workers have been sniffing around, the schools aren’t happy with the child’s progress, […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, March 8th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Identity, Transformational Government, What do we want?
The “toxic soup for all” clause 152 is to be dropped it seems (Telegraph): Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, is to shelve proposals which critics said would have led to patients’ confidential medical records being passed to third parties. A spokesman for Mr Straw said the “strength of feeling” against the plans had persuaded him […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, January 16th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
I’ve put some thoughts on the appointment of the new Information Commissioner Chris Graham on my personal blog If the appointment is confirmed after the MPs’ hearing, Chris will take over as our only real official bulwark against official secrecy, surveillance society and database state. Our bulwark is their obstacle – to data sharing, CRM-driven […]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, January 10th, 2009 BY Ruth Kennedy AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
I was interested to see the reports today of the DPP Keir Starmer QC’s briefing on the so-called superdatabase of communications data. Interestingly, there seems to be a real polarisation of the reporting of his views. The Guardian sub-editing states “Plan for Superdatabse for all Calls and Emails Legitimate, says DPP”. Keir Starmer QC did […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 22nd, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
Hang on. Bob Quick says that by making it clear where he lives (in a leak to the loathsome MoS) the Tories have put the lives of his family at risk, because of the nature of his job. But putting our explicit details on ContactPoint (circ 450,000) and on the NHS secondary uses service (circ […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
We are used to claims from IPS and their predecessors that ID cards will prevent identity theft, for example, and benefit fraud and illegal working and crime and terrorism. These are long-dated promises. And dubious promises at that – there is no reason to believe that the NIS can deliver any of these benefits, even […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 15th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Identity, What do we want?
Once in Jacqui’s much-surveilled city Stood a lowly shadow minister. And a Tory mole in her department Sent him all her memoranda. Normington called in the cops. Damian Green spent nine hours in detention. Nine hours wasn’t really all that penal, Not when ninety days had been debated. Then a meeting of Vaz’s committee Heard […]
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