Huge wrote:

Perhaps we need to refuse "en mass", 'cos I'm not carrying one.

I can well see a good number of people are going to enjoy thinking of
all sorts of creative ways of bollxing the system... The irony is that
by the time EDS (or one of the other usual susspects) have finished
developing it, there probably won't be much chance of it identifing a
fart in a sleeping bag!

As an aside, I find it interesting how many people fall for the "it
won't be compulsary to carry one" argument....

The "ID Card" will be no such thing - there will be the same multitude
of IDs that we currently have, only over time these will acquire linkage
to the ID database.

There will probably also be a genuine ID card as well with no other
pupose than being an ID card (i.e. what most people think and ID card
will be), but if you carry any of these or not will be a moot point. The
linkage to the database is *you* and not the cards. You can be linked to
your database record (of some 51 key facts!) by using the biometric at
any time (unless you plan to leave you face, eyes, and fingers at home).

--
Cheers,

John.

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