[Gllug] NHS opt out

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On 24 Jan 2007, Mike Brodbelt said:
> If it was entirely controllable by you, there's no real reason to object
> to the owner having to authenticate to the card with a biometric (or
> two). That essentially establishes that the person carrying the card is
> the person whose data in on the card, and the trusted government digital

If you find a biometric that works and has affordable and convenient
readers and doesn't have too many FPs and doesn't vary too much over
time and doesn't get confused by rare things like identical twins,
pregnant women, or children, you could become very rich, because none
currently exists. (Nor can I see any way to implement one.)

> They'll never do it of course, because placing citizens in control of
> their identity isn't what they're after - they want the whole big
> brother database. It's about control, not identity, or security, or any
> of the other excuses blandished about.

Now, now, how cynical. It's also about *employment* :)

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surely lead to chaos, anarchy, rioting in the streets, the Terrorists
taking over, and possibly the complete collapse of Human Civilization.'
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