[Stuart]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

The cards were going to have remote sensing (like those ski passes) so the state would know who you are and where you are 24/7. But if you've done nothing wrong.....

'RFID tag' - the rude words ID card ministers won't say

I personally have one objection to ANY RFID based ID (be it ID cards or passport). It can be cloned to easily without the owner's knowledge.

The objections I had to the ID card as described were equally simple.

1. It represented an increasing willingness of the government to reduce our civil liberties in view of some percieved threat from terrorists.
2. The government was planning to store this data in one huge database, and give access to that database to millions of people. This would have attracted hackers by the bucketload..