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Too Trusting by Far
Nov. 20th, 2007 10:27 pmI admit it. I was wrong. For too long I regarded the warnings and concerns of those opposed to ID cards as exaggerated, misguided or simply a lower priority than the many other issues facing society at the moment.
Well, today I've had to eat humble pie. The monumental data-protection clusterfuck perpetrated by HMRC is conclusive evidence that any assurances about data security for such a system will be worthless. Any chain of security measures can only be as strong as its weakest link, and given the volume of data involved and the number of people who will have access to it, there will be very many weak links indeed.
I've just signed up online to donate monthly to NO2ID and my membership form will be going in the post tomorrow. With the fervour of the convert, I urge you all to follow.
Well, today I've had to eat humble pie. The monumental data-protection clusterfuck perpetrated by HMRC is conclusive evidence that any assurances about data security for such a system will be worthless. Any chain of security measures can only be as strong as its weakest link, and given the volume of data involved and the number of people who will have access to it, there will be very many weak links indeed.
I've just signed up online to donate monthly to NO2ID and my membership form will be going in the post tomorrow. With the fervour of the convert, I urge you all to follow.
