Fri, 14 May 2004

How to fool ID card system

I really should have a "well, doh!" category: apparently it's just now dawned on politicians in the UK that people often lie when confronted by police or other authorities...

The UK ID card scheme will, it is alleged, greatly aid the forces of law and order in establishing the identity of offenders and suspects. But, as UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith found himself blurting out in the House of Lords yesterday, there's an easy way out of this for the thinking minor offender - give the police a false ID.

(link) [The Register]

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