Dirty Dingus
2007-08-21 08:40:18
I don’t have a problem per se with ID cards or, in theory, with the government knowing stuff about me. The problem I have is that the government is almost certain to mislay this information and allow other people, criminals, people I disagree with etc. to get this information.
The other problem I have is that I don’t see that ID cards solves the security problem. In fact it may make it worse because people instinctively trust the official government ID without worrying about whether it was forged or fraudulently obtained.
Oh and there’s the mission creep issue inherent in almost all security discussions. I blogged about this recently
