Showing ID is nothing new to Germans.
Hitler & the Nazis wrote the requirement to do so into law in 1939 & the process has remained since.
The new cards will contain:
-a digital biometric photograph,
-retina scan,
-fingerprints
and
-the infamous
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) microchip,
which will store all their information and aid in:
-identifying users on the internet,
-authenticating digital signatures,
and
-tracking via GPS coordinates.
The
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI in German)
claims the cards will protect users from hackers and websites which phish for personal data.
But the German
Chaos Computer Club (CCC) exposed the flaws in the software on TV
by hacking the new ID's with basic spyware.
2011 will see the birth of Secure Identity Across Borders Linked (STORK)
which will link the process of identification across the borders of 17 participating EU nations.
Tony Blair proposed
the plan would protect UK citizens against identity theft.
It would later be revealed that to gather funds for the National ID project,
the
personal information of 44 million British residents would be sold to private companies.
Regardless, a
2005 Reuters report proved the technology may actually increase identity theft.
Jim Harper, director at CATO institutes information of policy studies declared:
"there is no practical way" of making the national ID fraud-proof.
Won't be long before they reach the shores of America.
They've already tried introducing them at both the borders of Mexico & Canada.
Europe has always been the case test, once new developments are implemented there,
and show positive results, not soon there after they are mandated here.
Bet your ass these cards will be used for the internet in the future,
this has already occurred in such countries as
Dubai and Chinese countries such as
Tibet.
By all means, citizens worldwide should resist the use of National ID's.
As Richard Esguerra of
EFF has pointed out, the ID would most likely
expand upon its purpose.
Such as using it to identify sex offenders, or criminals (which I wouldn't be against)
but how long until you go to the store, your card is swiped, and you are denied a purchase,
or worse arrested, because your card reveals you owe a debt to the offshore corporations
who fund and run this government?
why you should resist the national ID
Ian Brown - say no to national ID (song)
No2ID
EPIC - national ID/ real ID
