Peter Lewis

France/Switzerland

Networking

This can easily have the opposite effect from that intended. This kind of system often lulls people into a false sense of security. Real security comes from using systems which look at a number of parameters and not just one.

If ID cards were as effective as their proponents would have us believe, why is there still credit card fraud, cheque fraud, etc. in France? I live there, and I know that fraud levels aren't, IMHO, sufficiently different to justify the loss of personal freedom.