ID card rollout begins

[Igor Mozolevsky]

2008/9/25 Peter Tomlinson :

> Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
>>
>> 2008/9/25 Roland Perry:
>>
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7634111.stm
>>>
>>
>> "Ministers say the cards will combat illegal immigration and working
>> because officials, employers and educational establishments will be
>> able to check a migrant's entitlements more easily"
>>
>> I presume they're allowing pretty much anyone to hook up to the
>> database and are going to provide card readers to employers then?
>>
> No, you have to call the Call Centre.

So none of the biometrics, or any data stored on the chip for that
matter, are verified then? How would you know that the card is
authentic and not cloned from someone else who has legal entitlements?

--
Igor