The MoD has to defend the realm against enemies within and abroad, but even they cannot manage to keep a lid on the tendency for ID cards and data to go missing with alarming alacrity and ease. You would think, of course, that the military would be pretty hot on anything to do with security. After a ...

115 days ago · comment · wuhudo.com/comment by John Stevens

It's a "listen again" kind of Friday. El Reg picks up on Jacqui Smith's claims that the identity system will be "unhackable" because ... ready for this? ... Because it's not connected to the Internet. I've yet to listen to the audio, so I'm taking this at the Reg's face value here. But if this is th ...

120 days ago · Into The Machine · intothemachine.blogspot.com by Scribe 2 references

The charade of ID cards and the National Identity Scheme, which then Home Office minister Liam Byrne in June 2007 claimed "will soon become part of the fabric of British life" will not go away, but every attempt is being made to make the whole sorry business more acceptable to a public which is full ...

121 days ago · comment · wuhudo.com/comment by John Stevens