Bill Citrine

UK

Designer

We need to know what data the government wants to collect/access via these cards. This has been the issue all along. They just will not tell us. This article is worrying as it's contributers already assume this data will include more than simply proof of identity. The pooling/linking together of existing data into one big database is a recipe for disaster. Even if there's to be different levels of access on a 'need to know' basis the idea of one little card being the main key is pretty scary.

I'm against these cards if data collection is one of the objectives. If we must have them let's hope they are 'only' ID cards - simple, minimum proof of identity and nothing else... but how they'll combat terrorism and illegal immigration defeats me!