ID card rollout begins

David Biggins ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:53:56 +0100


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> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk [mailto:ukcrypto-
> admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
> Sent: 25 September 2008 08:35
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: ID card rollout begins
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7634111.stm
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Another quote from the article...

"The card cannot be issued to people from most parts of Europe because
they have the right to move freely in and out of the UK"

So do we think that there's any significant risk at all of people
entering other parts of Europe, obtaining false ID there, establishing
themselves as having the right to move freely in and out of the UK, then
moving here?

Still, if they are going to start at all, I suppose they have to start
somewhere...   =20

My best guess though is that the piecemeal approach to starting this
probably renders the entire scheme porous for a generation.

Dave.