Anonymous

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I'm mad as hell and I can't take it any more!

I wonder if any of these good people asked who would be keeping their biometrics safely out of view from phishers, scammers, terrorists, the corrupt and the plain incompetent, on the millions of scanners that will be needed to verify people's "identity" that will be scattered all over the place and who of course just can't wait for us to pay to provide them with a "foolproof" way of proving who they are not.

Also did nobody ask what happens if a biometric on yourcard and "unique" database fails to agree with your actual face, eye or fingerprint due to natural wear and tear? Do we get arrested and thrown in jail until we can "prove" who we are or do we just get told to "move along there. You don't really need to prove who you are!."

As to cost I understand Afghanisthan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq all have excellent emerging IT outsource services where all our biometrics can be stored and processed very cheaply. (if the bill starts to look a bit steep to do this in good
old Blighty).

At least we know that our data will be nice and safe in the hands of famously secure HMG and their IT outsourcing experts.

Oh yeah!