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Originally Posted by andyl
It's more the idea of what someone could do with a card holding that much personal data...... although I don't trust the authorities either!
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But that info won't need to be on the card itself will it?
All that is needed is an electronic reference number that points any queries against the card (like biometrics or previous addresses, or benifit entitlement) to your details in the database.
That way, if someone steals your card, it's pretty much as useless to them as stealing your photo driving licence.
Unless they can break into a goverment office and hack into a computer with sufficient access rights to view your details, in which case they'll be able to go "ooo look, you're not entitled to child benifit because you don't have kids, but then you haven't applied to it, oh wow, what fantastic information"
With a properly secured, thoughtout and implimented system, most information will actually go one way, ie from you to the operator who will then have it checked against the database without actually being able to see what the database holds, they'll be no need if a verification just needs to take place.
Of course many goverment organisations will need to see the information in your profile, but they already can.