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Foucault, Cohen and Lyon have all written about social control through the use of surveillance [interesting stuff, there might be some extracts floating on the Web].
We are already 'visible' in society without even having ID cards. Every cash point you use, every camera that sees you and purchases you make mean that your movements can be traced. In terms of social control ID cards are the next logical step.
The law abiding people will take up ID cards because they have nothing to hide. The people who don't break the law but want some privacy will be pressuried into believing they have something to hide and eventually take-up cards. The people who the Goverment are targeting [criminal elements] will just develop new ways of evading capture and surveillance. The Government will tell us we are in a safer society but we won't really be.
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