Author Archives: Phil

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Home Secretary David Blunkett today introduced the Identity Cards Bill in the House of Commons. Now the battle begins in earnest. If you’ve been following my postings on ID cards, … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] NO2ID have launched an e-Petition against the Government’s Orwellian, intrusive, impractical and immensely wasteful ID cards and identity register proposals. Please take the time to visit http://www.no2id-petition.net/ and sign it … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Martin Brampton acts as an excellent Devil’s Advocate in his article, Does the UK need ID cards? on silicon.com. The comments are starting to reflect people’s growing concern with Blunkett’s … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] John Lettice’s comprehensive overview of the government’s newly-announced e-Borders initiative, Blair’s Britain vies with US in ID snoop wars, is in turns both terrifying and depressing. Blair, Blunkett et al. … Continue reading →

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Philip Chaston’s, It’s the Database, Stupid! on both White Rose and Samizdata.net raises some good points about what a couple of the speakers said, most notably: Both were unable to … Continue reading →