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 MATT DRUDGE // DRUDGE REPORT 2001®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
A highly controversial option has emerged for use in fighting terrorism in the United States: A national ID card which would be issued to every citizen.
The ID card plan was included in a classified briefing outlining steps the nation can take to limit exposure to terror attacks.
Blair has opted for a voluntary scheme in issuing the card, rejecting a compulsory "on demand" card because of connotations with Nazi Germany, where lack of proper identity cards could result in instant arrest, according to reports.
www.drudgereport.com /id.htm   (642 words)

  
 EPIC - National ID and REAL ID Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
He proposed ID cards with embedded digitized thumbprints and photographs of all legal residents in the U.S. There was much public debate about the issue, and Congressional hearings were held.
Is it a passport, an ID card, or a fiddle?A minister explains.
Amid spiraling cost predictions for a new national ID card scheme, UK government ministers are negotiating with private firms to sell the personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain for an initial cost of £750 ($1,371) each.
www.epic.org /privacy/id_cards   (4445 words)

  
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Card technology companies are well organized to conduct effective promotion of their product, and companies have moved into the remotest regions of the world.
The proposal for a national card had angered civil libertarians and law reform groups, partly because the card would be used to enforce a part payment health system, partly because it was to be established without protections in law, and partly because it would create significant problems for certain minority groups.
Although the fight to destroy the Kiwi Card was not anywhere near as spectacular as the Australia Card campaign, the controversy resulted in the abandonment of the card, and the adoption of a low integrity entitlement card (issued in two forms) for the purpose of health benefits.
www.privacy.org /pi/activities/idcard/idcard_faq.html   (6283 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | ID card plans too risky - report
Plans for ID cards are too risky and lack the trust of the public, a London School of Economics report claims.
ID cards must truly benefit citizens rather than be a costly imposition, Professor Patrick Dunleavy said.
The ID cards bill was backed by the Commons last month, despite Tory abstentions and Lib Dem opposition.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/4366307.stm   (496 words)

  
 The National ID Card - If they build it, will it work? By Bill Barnes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The best way to match an ID to an individual is to record his unique "biometric" information—fingerprint whorls, the shape of the bones in his hand, voiceprint, or the pattern of his retina—onto the ID. Fingerprint scanning is widely available at reasonable cost from Digital Persona, Identix, Sony, and others.
While the underlying technology of a national ID card system is largely proved, I have grave doubts about whether or not it would deliver as promised.
I'd be reluctant to switch to a national ID card system before I was convinced that it was 99.999 percent reliable, like the telephone system.
slate.msn.com /?id=2058321   (1451 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Blunkett outlines ID card plans
While people would not be compelled to carry their ID, Mr Blunkett indicated mobile technology was on the way which could allow police on streets to check people's ID by checking their fingerprints or eye scans.
"An ID card is not a luxury or a whim - it is a necessity," he said.
The UK's most senior police officer said at the weekend that although he used to be against the idea of compulsory ID cards, he now believed they were "essential" in the fight against terrorism.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3259285.stm   (770 words)

  
 National ID Card government control 1984 orwell dictatorship dictator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Politicians who want to force everyone to carry a national ID card -- and misguided Americans who agree with them -- are making a mistake that they will regret long after the terrorist threat subsides, Libertarians say.
The effect of the law and the proposed DoT regulations will be to create a National ID card that will allow the government to monitor your movements and track your medical and financial transactions.
Utah politicians are bringing national ID cards to Utah in the form of a smart card drivers license.
www.shire.net /big.brother/natid.htm   (596 words)

  
 Matricula Consular - The Mexican Sham ID Card FAQ
A Mexican ID can be used in lieu of a driver's license to access a wide range of public services in the City and County of Los Angeles.
When you present your Mexican ID to the LAPD officer, he will have no way of knowing that you are a serial killer or that you just stole the car you were stopped in.
CAIR blasts police chief over bogus Mexican ID A spokesman for a Colorado immigration reform group has blasted the Glenwood Springs police chief for providing that city's community center as a venue on March 12 for the Consulate General of Mexico to issue its Consular ID card to Mexican nationals living in the region.
www.americanpatrol.com /REFERENCE/MatriculaConsularShamIDs.html   (2865 words)

  
 National ID Cards: New Technologies, Same Bad Idea - TechKnowledge Newsletter
Larry Ellison, chairman and CEO of Oracle, made headlines recently when he advocated the creation of a national ID card system as a way to address airport security in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
While the Bush Administration has wisely said national ID cards are not an option, apparently some members of Congress are considering taking Ellison up on his offer.
As was discussed in a 1995 Cato Policy Analysis, national ID card proposals were most recently considered as a possible solution to illegal immigration.
www.cato.org /tech/tk/010928-tk.html   (936 words)

  
 Photo ID Card Printer Systems and Software
Photo ID cards can be the solution for many organizations looking to increase security and inhance their image..
Look at all the ways photo id cards can be used at www.photo-id-cards.org.
Use proximity or smart cards to grant access to unattended building entries and bar codes or magnetic stripe cards for accurate time and attendance tracking and more.
www.positiveid.com   (375 words)

  
 ID Badges & ID Cards: Photo ID Systems Software, ID Card Printers&Fargo Printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Alpha Card makes it easy to print your security ID badges with ID card printers including the Fargo printer or Zebra Eltron card printer.
Browse identification industry news in News on ID Cards and ID Badges, or learn about the ID card printers of major manufacturers like Fargo, Zebra-Eltron, Magicard and Evolis.
The students' ID badges may be worn around the neck on a lanyard, and students will have to wear them while in the building.
www.idcardprinter.net   (424 words)

  
 Op Ed: A National ID Card Wouldn't Make Us Safer
And even if we could guarantee that everyone who issued national ID cards couldn't be bribed, initial cardholder identity would be determined by other identity documents...
An entirely separate security system would have to be developed for people who lost their card, a system that itself is capable of abuse.
A single national ID is an exceedingly valuable document, and accordingly there's greater incentive to forge it.
www.schneier.com /essay-034.html   (804 words)

  
 'I will refuse to register for an ID card and will donate £10 to a legal defence fund' - PledgeBank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The compulsory use of ID cards, even drivers licences, as proof of identity indicates that the Government no longer trusts its citizens- there is a fundamental breakdown in the relationship between the state and individual, where the State assumes that it now knows best and that you are not to be trusted.
Having travelled through countries where ID cards need to be shown at every stage of a journey, ID cards create a pervasive sense of fear in the countrymen.
The ID scheme itself, on the other hand, will cost so much to set up and maintain that it would be literally decades before it paid for itself, and that's assuming that new forms of fraud don't come along in the meantime.
www.pledgebank.com /refuse   (4945 words)

  
 TIME.com: The National ID Card That Isn't, Yet -- Page 1
But the approach is mere stealth — 50 different state ID cards all linked together is pretty much the same as one national ID card, just as all those new quarters are still worth 25 cents each, no matter which state is on the back.
For some, the real problem with smarter, more centralized ID cards is that they give bureaucrats a better chance to screw up more of your life when you accidentally get put into the Big Computer as, say, a serial flasher.
Most of the privacy rights — if there really are such things — vulnerable to a nationalized ID card have already been trampled under the wheels of increased security, more efficient law enforcement and better business long ago.
www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,191857,00.html   (1016 words)

  
 Driver License and Identification (ID) Card Information
A regular ID card is valid for six years, and a senior citizen ID card is valid for 10 years.
To qualify for a senior citizen ID card, you must be age 62 or older.
DMV will exchange a valid license for a no-fee ID card to drivers who are no longer able to drive safely because of a physical or mental condition.
www.dmv.ca.gov /dl/dl_info.htm   (8112 words)

  
 Custom ID badges, systems & accessories : Badge Lanyards, holders & more.
ID card systems, badge holders, lanyards, reels, and more.
Our ID card printers and badge machines are fast, easy-to-use, and very cost efficient when compared to having name badges and photo ID's made for you.
From break-away lanyards and magnetic clips to retractable badge reels we have the holders you need to keep your name tags and ID badges where you want them.
www.evolution-1.com   (241 words)

  
 id card reader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Idscan is a compact package that has the following features: Business cards scanner and reader, ID cards scanner, Checks scanner, Driver license scanner.
The ACR38U reader is compatible with the electronic ID card and the social security card (SIS).
Next, the contactless card is presented to the AIR ID Playback reader and the keystrokes...
www.goinginto.com /find?keywords=id+card+reader   (520 words)

  
 NO2ID:stop ID cards and the database state!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington has warned that ID cards would be "absolutely useless" unless they were impossible to forge.
That's strange, because we could swear that the head of the ID cards programme, Katherine Courtney, was quoted just a couple of months ago as saying that criminals will merely "have to work hard to get two identities, and work very hard to get three".
Meanwhile, scrutiny of the ID cards Bill has begun in earnest in the House of Lords, with some truly Orwellian statements from the dwindling number of New Labour loyalists left defending the Bill.
www.no2id.net   (473 words)

  
 For zebra, magicard id plastic card printers, kiosk ticket printers, receipt printers, barcode scanners readers, pos, ...
Lastly the id card products include: Plastic ID Card Printers from either Magicard or Zebra (Eltron), feeder kits, id design software, id accessories, tippers / embossers, printer servicing and a selection of id consumables for all your plastic card printing needs.
Capable of reading and writing a large range of magnetic encoded cards such as access control and membership cards, the MSE-630 is supplied with an RS232 Serial or USB interface and come with all the necessary software to run the unit.
A new card input feeder doubles as a card flip-over unit which not only saves space but for the first time brings automatic dual sided card printing to the entry level market.
www.ded.co.uk   (906 words)

  
 ID Edge - ID card printers, ribbons, accessories and more
For a limited time you can get the Zebra P330i, our most popular ID card printer, with a FREE bundle for only $2695.
DTC400 Direct-to-Card Printer/Encoder is specifically designed to make issuing color ID cards and securing your organization go smoothly.
Fargo’s HDP600 High Definition Card Printer/Encoders consistently and perfectly print, encode and laminate technology-rich ID cards.
www.idedge.com   (144 words)

  
 Photo ID Card Printers Systems, Printer Kits
The goal of Safe-Card ID and our id card printers and printer systems is to provide you with security badging equipment and supplies at the right price with exceptional service and follow-up support.
Our busy service bureau is available for those looking for completed ID cards without the large expense of purchasing an ID card printer system.
If you are shopping for PVC card, ID card printer ribbons, cleaning kits or badge attachments, please visit the view our catalog page for details, pictures and pricing.
www.safecardid.com   (331 words)

  
 Id Card Printer at Fargo: Id Card, Smart Card, Id Badge, Photo Id Card
ID badges, time, and attendance tracking, access control...
Fargo ID cards enable systems with smart cards, magnetic stripe cards, proximity cards, photo ID badges, ID card prinetrs, and more.
Fargo ID card printers and ID badge solutions are used in access control systems, time and attendance tracking and asset protection.
www.fargo.com   (144 words)

  
 Wired News: Oracle Keeps Pushing ID Card
The Immigration and Naturalization Service already has a voluntary biometric ID system, INSPASS, which is intended to allow its holders to move through border checkpoints quickly.
Driver's licenses have served as somewhat-standard identification documents, but a national ID card would include at least a few other features: It would likely be tied to a massive database; Americans may be required to carry it at all times; it probably would include biometric information such as fingerprints, DNA data or retinal scans.
But when governments start thinking about embedding biometric information into a national ID card or demanding such information from airline passengers, then it raises privacy issues.
www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,48482,00.html   (716 words)

  
 Sample of Larry Ellison's new National ID Card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Larry Ellison is promoting a new National ID Card based on Oracle software.
He wants his card to be "optional" for citizens who don't mind being interrogated and searched when they travel, but mandatory for immigrants.
You can read reports on why a National ID card would not be such a good thing at EPIC and CPSR and Privacy Internationa.
www.templetons.com /brad/oracard.html   (201 words)

  
 ID card printers and badge printers by Ultra Magicard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
For your photo ID cards, membership badges, smart cards or access control badges, we have an ID card printer for you.
Our unique patented card security features, the best warranty in ID badging, and our dedicated customer support set us apart.
We are proud to be part of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc, the high technology aerospace, defence and security group employing 2,800 people around the world.
www.ultramagicard.com   (91 words)

  
 ID Card Conspiracy Theories
More specifically, though, mandatory or quasi-mandatory identification cards (ID) are a distinctly 20th century phenomenon, as is the belief that the issuance and checking of ID form part of a conspiracy.
This idea of ID cards as anti-sovereign conspiracy is generally employed as part of a device for avoiding taxes or other financial burdens, and it is difficult to know how much independent life the conspiracy theory itself has.
The widening use of ID numbers is said to be mandated by international organizations such as the UN and the European Community, as part of the New World Order predicted in Daniel 7:23 and Revelation 13:4-8.
www.sonic.net /~undoc/idcon.htm   (2325 words)

  
 ID Card Supplies - accessories, supplies and equipment for id card production
Here you can find affordable identification stations, printers, software, supplies for most id printers, popular accessories, as well as id card printing services.
With no shipping charges, custom set-up charges, and a 'no-excuse' guarantee, ours is the only source you need for id card lanyards, badge holders, id card reels, clips, punches, backgrounds, and custom-printed items.
Leaving the task of managing identification badges to us is an alternative to the expense of acquiring and maintaining an on-site identification station.
www.idandmore.com   (322 words)

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