So as not to entirely derail a thread i figured a new one was warranted on the subject of ID cards.
The big deal is that "wrong" is highly subjective, is it wrong if your gay? that you vote for a certain party, that you hold certain religious beliefs, that you have some kind of medical history, that your credit history isnt in perfect order?
ID cards are merely a meta link to databases. Imagine a database that contains your biometric data, your fingerprints, your employment history, criminal record, medical history, financial history, religion, sexual orientation, voters data, links to any personal information like blogs and profiles online.
THE WORKS. everything thats you on a card wide open to judgement from all and sundry, prospective employers for instance will demand to see your card before they employ you then rummage through everything thats you, most of which is not even remotely relevent to whiter you can perform the job or not. then pass a basis because your card has you tagged as a Catholic and the employers a member of a lodge.
And once that hurdle is overcome you have all the information on everyone in a nice centralised location, which is nice for any criminal looking to profit from identity theft.
Especialy considering how careful the government already is with what data they hold about you already, Labour has a lovely track record of keeping your best interests secure.
The simple fact is ive been quoted ?500 to ?3000 for writing a virus for a friendly russian, depending on complexity criminal organisations will pay anyone large sums of money for access to the data that these cards are proposed to link to.
He'll also sell me credit card details for ?300 for job lots of 100 + 30 free test cards to try before i throw down the cash on the initial 100.
You could be anyone in the world and i can actualy get your details and spend all your money for as little as ?3 and this is todays prices, with the associated complexities of the work involved.
Should your entire life become readily available at a nice easy location the job of these assholes becomes infinately easier.
Thats only financial data, thats chump change, should the system go forward i could make a fortune selling someones history, data mining is where the real moneys at.
Fancy running for politics? great that just means that i can markup your datas value, ive got access logs of all your transactions so that little trip you had to bali in 95 with that hotel where you used a psudonym? and look at this! it ties in nicely with that STD you saw the doctor for following your return! thats got to be worth something right? god forbid the public or your wife finds out youve been out philandering.
Blackmail, Extortion, Blacklisting, all easily traded over the black market thanks to this system.
Oh look Says here John Smith is a cop, hes also close to losing his house, has no family to support and his credit record is a shambles, the ideal candidate to approach to put on the payroll, he'll look the other way and take down some rivals.
But never fear, the government has your safety and wellbeing at its core... yeah right.
The simple fact is there are groups of individuals out there with the time, money and resources just waiting for all the data they can get.
Want to wander into a high security building with a belt loaded with high explosives? For a fee of a couple of grand i can get you the ID card of whomever works there and you can wander straight in unquestioned to exterminate some infadels, a quick edit of their fingerprints and biometrics and your now whomever you want to be.
The genius of data mning is you dont need guns, you dont need to risk walking into a bank, you dont need premises to set up a racket and you dont need to squeeze local business owners. The money is just sitting in the tree and best of all its completely risk free. You think criminal organisatins havent figured that out?
With ID card system proposed by our government gaining widespread use i can become whomever i want to be to forward my agenda, all i need is a little cash and some questionable ethics.
Best of all theres no way i can get caught, i'll just become someone else whilst you with your anused identity gets to sufer the consequences.
The big deal is that "wrong" is highly subjective, is it wrong if your gay? that you vote for a certain party, that you hold certain religious beliefs, that you have some kind of medical history, that your credit history isnt in perfect order?
ID cards are merely a meta link to databases. Imagine a database that contains your biometric data, your fingerprints, your employment history, criminal record, medical history, financial history, religion, sexual orientation, voters data, links to any personal information like blogs and profiles online.
THE WORKS. everything thats you on a card wide open to judgement from all and sundry, prospective employers for instance will demand to see your card before they employ you then rummage through everything thats you, most of which is not even remotely relevent to whiter you can perform the job or not. then pass a basis because your card has you tagged as a Catholic and the employers a member of a lodge.
And once that hurdle is overcome you have all the information on everyone in a nice centralised location, which is nice for any criminal looking to profit from identity theft.
Especialy considering how careful the government already is with what data they hold about you already, Labour has a lovely track record of keeping your best interests secure.
The simple fact is ive been quoted ?500 to ?3000 for writing a virus for a friendly russian, depending on complexity criminal organisations will pay anyone large sums of money for access to the data that these cards are proposed to link to.
He'll also sell me credit card details for ?300 for job lots of 100 + 30 free test cards to try before i throw down the cash on the initial 100.
You could be anyone in the world and i can actualy get your details and spend all your money for as little as ?3 and this is todays prices, with the associated complexities of the work involved.
Should your entire life become readily available at a nice easy location the job of these assholes becomes infinately easier.
Thats only financial data, thats chump change, should the system go forward i could make a fortune selling someones history, data mining is where the real moneys at.
Fancy running for politics? great that just means that i can markup your datas value, ive got access logs of all your transactions so that little trip you had to bali in 95 with that hotel where you used a psudonym? and look at this! it ties in nicely with that STD you saw the doctor for following your return! thats got to be worth something right? god forbid the public or your wife finds out youve been out philandering.
Blackmail, Extortion, Blacklisting, all easily traded over the black market thanks to this system.
Oh look Says here John Smith is a cop, hes also close to losing his house, has no family to support and his credit record is a shambles, the ideal candidate to approach to put on the payroll, he'll look the other way and take down some rivals.
But never fear, the government has your safety and wellbeing at its core... yeah right.
The simple fact is there are groups of individuals out there with the time, money and resources just waiting for all the data they can get.
Want to wander into a high security building with a belt loaded with high explosives? For a fee of a couple of grand i can get you the ID card of whomever works there and you can wander straight in unquestioned to exterminate some infadels, a quick edit of their fingerprints and biometrics and your now whomever you want to be.
The genius of data mning is you dont need guns, you dont need to risk walking into a bank, you dont need premises to set up a racket and you dont need to squeeze local business owners. The money is just sitting in the tree and best of all its completely risk free. You think criminal organisatins havent figured that out?
With ID card system proposed by our government gaining widespread use i can become whomever i want to be to forward my agenda, all i need is a little cash and some questionable ethics.
Best of all theres no way i can get caught, i'll just become someone else whilst you with your anused identity gets to sufer the consequences.
screw you nag3 
It will put Jeremy Kyle out off a job.
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