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March 09, 2005
ID card technology
More on ID cards and relevant technology:
Bruce Schneier, well-known expert on security technology (‘security guru’ in the words of the Economist), has been criticizing the ID card scheme, “ID cards are a waste of money… . They will not reduce crime, fraud or illegal immigration … We are living in a world where governments are looking for more control. They are looking for measures that increase control. It is being sold as security but it is really control,” he said. (Thanks to Murky.org for this information)
Meanwhile the Department of Homeland Security in Washington will be using an RFID-chipped ID card from May. This will contain biometric information and will be used for all kinds of access - physical, wired and wireless, including logging on to computers. Critics have questioned the security of RFID which can be accessed by remote readers. RFID chips have been successfully hacked in the past.
www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66801,00.html/wn_ascii
Posted by Simon Holledge at March 9, 2005 04:53 PM
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