ID card rollout begins

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:03:27 +0100

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Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
> 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?
My response was to the last question. Officials will have some kind of 
as yet unspecified "readers", but maybe not portable ones.

Peter

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Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">2008/9/25 Peter Tomlinson :
Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
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      <pre wrap="">2008/9/25 Roland Perry:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7634111.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7634111.stm</a>
"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?</pre>
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    <pre wrap="">No, you have to call the Call Centre.
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  <pre wrap=""><!---->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?</pre>
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My response was to the last question. Officials will have some kind of
as yet unspecified "readers", but maybe not portable ones.<br>
<br>
Peter<br>
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