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The public must "wake up" to the hidden dangers of identity cards, the chairman of an influential committee said today.
Technological advances will make it possible for ID cards to carry daily updates on people's most personal details, warned the Earl of Selborne, chairman of the Royal Society's science in society committee.
Over time, cards could become compulsory "by default", and the data they carry could be widened to include an individual's predisposition to specific diseases, alcohol intake and other health issues, he said.
Speaking at the National Forum on Cybertrust and Information Security at the Royal Society in central London Lord Selborne called for more public debate on ID cards.
"There has been a lack of public debate and there is a very real danger that we are 'sleepwalking' into our technological future," he said.
"This has been illustrated by the current discussions about identity cards, the trials of which begin next week.
"The current debate has focused primarily on what is technologically possible now.
"But with the rapid pace of progress in science and technology it is vital that we also consider what will be technologically possible in the future."
Lord Selborne went on: "The public suggested that they should hold information that might be useful in a medical emergency such as blood group or allergies.
"But what if the cards also held data about our genetic disposition to specific diseases, or revealed information about our lifestyles that affect health, such as how much we are overweight or how much alcohol we are drinking, updated daily.
"These are technically possible in the future, so we should be discussing whether they are desirable."
He added: "Although there is no suggestion that the cards will be compulsory, as more organisations find them of use in confirming identity it may effectively become impossible to operate in society without one - compulsion by default."

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  • Who in their right mind would WANT to pretend to be THAT!?? FASCIST in a FROCK!

    thanks for posting...5*****

  • Thanks dolph

  • If she had balls id punch her,

    who doe's that bitch think she is kidding?

    She's talking like a primary school teacher, telling the kids a story, daft as a brush. This videos made me angry,

    WAKE TO FUCK UP PEOPLE!!

    This is way out of hand,

    thanks for posting mate, 5*****

  • THANKS mate

  • Who voted for this ID card scam in anyway? If they controlled immigration in the first place we wouldnt need them. Looks like another scam to me. I dont need to prove anything to anyone inc that fat slag...Jacqui smith! I was born here. Good post.

  • thanks m8

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  • More chance of santa clause and little bo peep turning up at my front door with a dope smoking unicorn who has a phobia of cheese and chimpanzees than there is of me getting one of these cards. Stick it up yer arse you porn freak!!

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  • i fuckin hate her. (smith) - its for your're own protection, honestly. cunt

  • This woman is thinking of nothing more than her own career.

    She clearly has no idea of what is to come.

    2,000,000 muslims in UK and she thinks that ID cards are the answer.

  • i think your fit, i dont care!!!

  • Satanic Twat.

    Thank God she's been tossed out on her ass.

  • go fuck yourself jacki you fucking moron. your bullshit regime wiil not succeed. Youve taken this country to the fucking dogs over the last 10 years and we wont take anymore. if your fucking thick government try to take any more from us you better be preparer for a fucking meltdown cus the public will snap and march your filthy arses out of parliament. you are supposed to run the country for the people not yourselves, joining us up to the EU without a referendum is unforgivable

  • Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six

  • haha Your identity card scheme didn't go through. Epic Fail again from the Stalinist party.

    I hate this autoritarian government, hurry up and call a general election so we can get rid of them.

  • Thank you !! love to see them all squirm over their expenses lets have a public bio-metric finger print of these f""kers in govt,. ?

  • you will fail lady :) NWO Fail. they always will..learn your history dude seriously. GAIN SOME WISDOM

  • a good idea

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