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Monday, May 24, 2004
"Blunkett's ID card argument is specious"
Trevor Mendham (The Chestnut Tree Cafe)
(1)   Identity cards

Those are the words of Simon Moores of Zentelligence (Research) writing in Computer Weekly.

In a review of last week's London public meeting, Moores begins by saying:

Never had I seen a pillar of government policy look so demonstrably fragile and flawed.

He concludes:
Blunkett's ID card argument is specious and really not worth the plastic it may be printed on.

Cross-posted from the UK ID Cards blog


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