UK Identity Project
Niels J Bjergstrom über das britische IdentityCard Projekt.
The whole approach to this project is reactive rather than forward-looking and proactive. The justifications for introducing a national identity system in the Bill include ‘the interest of national security’, ‘the enforcement of prohibitions on unauthorised working’, ‘enforcement of immigration controls’ and ‘prevention and detection of crime’.
These goals seem to be missing: ‘enabling and facilitating a society based on e-commerce’, ‘increasing individual freedom by enhancing anonymity and privacy’, ‘enabling irrefutable authentication of humans to machines’ and ‘providing individuals with transactional security’. These are some of the positive drivers of an eID system, some of the drivers that will actually be able to underpin the acceptance by the public and justify the huge expenses initially associated with establishing and not least running an eID system.