110 days ago by MichaelRowe

We would tell you where Michael M was this week but given the tags this week on the lack of privacy in social media, we are sure you can find out yourself. We wonder what ever happened to Sony at home. We take some time and review the privacy settings of Facebook and other social media networks. And ...

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132 days ago by Richard

The UK National Identity Card can be cloned and altered by IT security experts. Colour me unsurprised. The consultants who carried out this work are from the same community of experts who have been warning [pdf] that the cards would be cracked since the Home Office first disclosed the mechanics of t ...

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167 days ago by Richard

Dear Richard Caborn MP, In recent days the Home Secretary has announced that airside workers at Manchester and City airports will no longer be compelled to enroll with the National Identity Register as a condition of their continued employment. This news has been presented as a pledge that Identity ...

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188 days ago by Richard

To: Alan Powell, Editor, The Star Dear Sir James Hall is wrong to claim ID cards will be voluntary ( Letters, 10 June). Sheffield residents won’t be forced onto the National Identity Register directly, unless they’re from outside the European Economic Area, however the Government intends to make it ...

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197 days ago by Richard

Jacquie Smith is to step down as Secretary of State for the Home Department in the cabinet reshuffle that Gordon Brown is planning to make after the European elections on Thursday. While the door to the Home Secretary’s office has revolved ever more rapidly since 2001 the authoritarian brief of its ...

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218 days ago by almost wild

I haven't been to a fetish event in ages, but I'm still on the mailing list for a few, including the (apparently) ubiquitous Torture Garden, which apparently decided to book its birthday ball bash at the biggest venue they could find that would have them, SEOne. With one slight flaw - the club requi ...

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225 days ago by sarahhartley

There’s been much debate online today about the announcement that Manchester is to become a trial area for ID cards but this video vox from the BBC particualrly grabbed my attention. As you’d expect from the Beeb, there’s argument both ways, but it’s striking just how fear seems to be the main motiv ...

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