DISQUS

DISQUS Hello! dmiessler.com | grep understanding is using DISQUS, a powerful comment system, to manage its comments. Learn more.

Community Page

dmiessler.com | grep understanding

dmiessler.com/about/
Jump to original thread »
Author

Government: Getting Involved

Started by Daniel Miessler · 7 months ago

From Slashdot:

“The Independent is reporting that the U.S. has asked the U.K. to use the same chips in their proposed identity cards as the ones in our proposed identity card. In effect, creating a trans-atlantic ID card system.” From the article: “The ... Continue reading »

2 comments

  • Here's my take on it...

    You wouldn't let someone on your server without a username/password or key, would you? It allows them power to play around with your stuff, and you'd like to know who's playing with your stuff.

    Same thing with a country. If someone's going to your country and take advantage of all it has to offer, you'd like to keep tabs on it.

    I don't know... just my $0.02
  • I agree with Tim's comment to some extent. I think this is one of those areas where the little insecurity makes more sense then having something that reminds me of communist Russia. "Can I see your papers?", "They do not say you have business in this area. Why are you here?" These are the sayings that come to mind when I read about national IDs.

Add New Comment

Returning? Login