Posts tagged with ‘ID Cards’

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Facial recognition biometrics do not work

December 22, 2009

After we wrote about the inaccuracy of facial recognition systems, we received such a detailed comment on it from David Moss that we asked if we could make it a blog entry. David, a former IT consultant, writes widely on the subject, most recently for The Guardian. Biometrics based on face recognition do not work. [...]

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Identity Minister forgets her own identity

December 17, 2009

This surely comes under the “you couldn’t make it up” heading. Despite the Chancellor giving the impression of back-pedalling on ID cards last weekend, the rollout continues. After the launch in Manchester, where citizens greeted their arrival with utter indifference, the cards are now being introduced across the whole North-West of England. Except, that is, [...]

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ID cards have arrived. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

December 7, 2009

Last week, Manchester Evening News journalist Angela Epstein became the first British member of the public to possess an ID card. As one of the few journos to favour the card, the Home Office asked if she’d like to be first to test it out. “I’m so proud I could almost burst,” she wrote about [...]