Serious Stuff

[karis_uk]

I've been doing some reading this evening and then some thinking on the whole ID cards scheme that our wonderfully liberal (my arse!) government wants to bring in. Apparently there's been some sort of compromise in the House of Lords that has delayed the introduction of the card itself, but agrees to set up the Register that the cards will be a

Comments

[jockolantern]

Nice words. And look the Oyster Card, which apparently London Underground said was introduced to make things easier for passengers. Information regarding peoples movements has already been accessed by the police - while not a bad thing under the correct circumstances, it could set a worrying trend.

[karis_uk]

They have a multitude of ways to keep tabs on us - Oyster cards are just one example. I appreciate that the police need to be able to track people down, and that we already live in a society that we can be checked up on regularly. So long as it is done for the right reasons, I'm willing to accept that as part of life.
This database is different though. At the moment we are still able to choose whether we have an oyster card, or a passport, or anything like that. This takes away the element of choice, and that's the scary part.

Contacts

[hon_bookie]

I am in an interesting position in this one, as you may appreciate. I am not totally sure, need to read more, however if you want to talk to the people who are voting on this then this link is a good starting point.

http://www.parliament.uk/directories/directories.cfm

I am sure you can find at least one person you have met in the listings! ;-) There is no real secret of the address, just it avoids the bots this way. I'll give it you in person if you want.