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Originally Posted by Will21st
You may wonder,but you don't want to know! 
I can see an ID card scheme being good for police to quickly identify people.I can also see it being good to combat identity theft,and other related fraud.
Still,I prefer no ID,it isn't necessary,and also my ID is non of the govs business,imo. |
I don't think the police were going to be given the power though to demand "YOUR PAPERS PLEASE!", so it wouldn't really have helped them there.
Re. ID theft & other fraud:
http://www.no2id.net/IDSchemes/whyNot
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Originally Posted by NO2ID
Illegal immigration and working
People will still enter Britain using foreign documents—genuine or forged—and ID cards offer no more deterrent to people smugglers than passports and visas. Employers already face substantial penalties for failing to obtain proof of entitlement to work, yet there are only a handful of prosecutions a year.
Benefit fraud and abuse of public services
Identity is "only a tiny part of the problem in the benefit system." Figures for claims under false identity are estimated at £50 million (2.5%) of an (estimated) £2 billion per year in fraudulent claims.
"Identity fraud"
Both Australia and the USA have far worse problems of identity theft than Britain, precisely because of general reliance on a single reference source. Costs usually cited for of identity-related crime here include much fraud not susceptible to an ID system. Nominally "secure", trusted, ID is more useful to the fraudster. The Home Office has not explained how it will stop registration by identity thieves in the personae of innocent others. Coherent collection of all sensitive personal data by government, and its easy transmission between departments, will create vast new opportunities for data-theft.
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Anyway... RIP ID Cards & the ID DB
