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Bingo! Ever heard of Private Credentials?

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Dave Birch gets it. From Second sight in Thursday’s Guardian: The identities within these national ID computers [i.e. smartcards] used to transact business (in the general sense, such as voting, … Continue reading

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David Blunkett is an Arse

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] No, really. Thanks to Phil in Brazil* for pointing this [blog] out to me 😉 Charlie Williams’ brief, but incisive dissection of Blunkett’s Response to the Home Affairs Select Committee … Continue reading

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Good ol’ Grauniad

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] Now here’s a thing. Last Thursday I wrote a letter to the Guardian, hoping to refute Blunkett & the Home Office’s continued assertion that 80% of us support their proposals. … Continue reading

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Hacks report the HAC Report

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] [Apologies to any journalists, but I couldn’t resist the pun] It’s been an interesting few days, kicked off by a fine evening spent selling NO2ID T-shirts and signing up supporters … Continue reading

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Fer cryin’ out loud!

Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004: [LINKS UNCHECKED] The Times reported yesterday that All children [are] to go on [a] ‘big brother’ computer. One aspect of the Children’s Bill that, e.g. Spy Blog has been tracking with increasing … Continue reading

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