Biometric i/d cards

[zircon]

Behind the smoke and mirrors there is a definite gameplan. I recently heard of a woman in Belgium who was petitioning against the enforced introduction of identity cards with the new biometric chip in it; because she continually refused to comply, the police were sent in, forced their way into the house without a warrant, seized her children's and husband's computers and called them terrorists. I am trying to find the details.

[zircon]

Quoted on

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Compulsory-ID-card-scheme-on-course-for-U-K-parliament/0,130061744,120281445,00.htm

Security company Ubizen, which worked on Belgium's electronic ID card scheme, said a biometric card will not tackle terrorism and crime. Bart Vansevenant, director of security strategy at Ubizen, argued the card could not stop international terrorists, who would probably enter the UK on a foreign passport anyway.

"You will not solve terrorism or immigration by introducing biometrics to a card. Why put biometrics on an ID card? It costs you a hell of a lot of money and there are equipment, support and administration problems," he said.

[zircon]

There is a French-language site devoted to resistance to the biometric chip.

http://www.freewebs.com/nomicrochip/index.htm