Are I.D. cards a good thing?

[K-P]

Originally Posted by garinda

when we already all but have them, but under other guises.

True... and what happens when they start taking yer DNA at birth.. or do they already.... hmm they have mine anyway sonn it will be simple to check who you are at roadside by dna or summat... it will happen

[garinda]

Originally Posted by K-P

True... and what happens when they start taking yer DNA at birth.. or do they already.... hmm they have mine anyway sonn it will be simple to check who you are at roadside by dna or summat... it will happen

Good.

I have no problem with it, as I've kept my nose clean.

Besides if it could help one missing child being returned to it's parent's, that is worth it in my book.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

They'll at least stop me from having to carry around my driving licence, passport, or utility bills, as proof of identity, and therefore as a single item, will be much safer to carry around.

Still won't be any good Rindi, when the government has already lost all the disks with our information on them, and you can buy your identity for £80 on the internet

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Still won't be any good Rindi, when the government has already lost all the disks with our information on them, and you can buy your identity for £80 on the internet

Eighty quid?

You need to shop around more.

I bought your identity for £7.99

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

Eighty quid?

You need to shop around more.

I bought your identity for £7.99

Even thats to dear for mine Rindi, the only thing I can hope for is somebody puts somat in mi bank account

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Less

Isn't this old news?

Yes but just as valid today, in fact even more so.

In spite of objections from the general public, the government has quietly and surreptitiously been going ahead to organise the ID card implementation.

It’s only a matter of time before Orwell’s Big Brother scenario becomes a reality.

[pipinfort]

Nowt to hide....Nowt to worry about...........

[entwisi]

Don't worry Jambutty, as has been proven with teh NHS project its almost impossible for our Gov to get this sort of thing working....

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by entwisi

Don't worry Jambutty, as has been proven with teh NHS project its almost impossible for our Gov to get this sort of thing working....

I’m not bothered for myself because I will refuse to take part anyway and by the time that they force me to I probably won’t be here or if I am I won’t care one way or the other.

[Benipete]

I think it is aimed more at people that have several identities,that claim in different Towns and Cities for large families.
There are a great number of them.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Even thats to dear for mine Rindi, the only thing I can hope for is somebody puts somat in mi bank account

Saying that I bought the identity of a Mr. P. Britcliffe for only £2.99, and I'm doing a roaring trade in hiring myself out as a spouse to the love hungry from the third world.

So you were relatively expensive to purchase.

[blazey]

I am indifferent on this topic. Identity fraud is possible regardless of whether these cards are in existence. Would they make it easier to steal identity? I don't really know.

I had doubts over chip and pin. Catching sight of a 4 digit number is potentially easier than forging a signature. Especially within families, and these things do happen, think of members with gambling debts or drug addictions. Yet it works.

As for people complaining about how much info the government would have on people, well they have it all already, it would just be compiled into one thing rather than all over the place. If you are a good, decent person, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. If you are a crook, then yeh, you probably should be a bit more concerned as obviously the government are going to have more ability to see what you are up to at a glance.

I'm not a technology expert but until something more concerning is demonstrated to me, I will stay on the fence.

[jaysay]

It appears that the Jock parliament are going to vote against the identity cards, God bless the United Kingdom

[kestrelx]

Hey Garinda, Nietzsche broke down in the street crying and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital - so is that what happens if you laugh for no reason ha ha ha!

I.D. cards arn't the problem in themselves it's what they will be used for, to control all your activities and it will all be on one big data base. It will be of no benefit to us!

You say you have nothing to worry about if you've kept you nose clean! That's a joke. WHat happens when they bring in the next thing that take away more rights until you have no rights left but are just a moron sitting on a chair in front of a computer screen. But perhaps you might already be that?

What happens if next they say we are going to take all your children away under 6? What would you do then?

Hey Garinda, Nietzsche broke down in the street crying and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital - so is that what happens if you laugh for no reason ha ha ha!

I.D. cards arn't the problem in themselves it's what they will be used for, to control all your activities and it will all be on one big data base. It will be of no benefit to us!

You say you have nothing to worry about if you've kept you nose clean! That's a joke. WHat happens when they bring in the next thing that take away more rights until you have no rights left but are just a moron sitting on a chair in front of a computer screen. But perhaps you might already be that?

[garinda]

Where will this Orwellian nightmare end?

They'll be issuing us all with cradle to grave identity numbers next.

What?

They already do?

A unique National Insurance number?

I am a free man, not a number.