I recently attended a very engaging lecture at the London School of Economics (LSE) by Prof David Lyon – who spoke about “Identity as Surveillance – Security, Surveillance and Citizenship”. I do hope he subsequently saw this article from the…
Those of you with any interest in cricket will know that today is the first day of the 4th Test Match between Australia and England for the Ashes. With the series standing at 1-0 to England (2 matches having ended…
March 2006 – UK introduces RFID-enabled, ICAO-compliant ‘e-passports’; March 2007 – Adam Laurie demonstrates ability to unlock e-passport chip data for ‘read’ access; August 2008 – Jeroen van Beek demonstrates ability to clone e-passport chip and implant bogus images; August…
Several people I’ve spoken to recently have remarked that real-time social media like Twitter seem to reduce the frequency with which they blog… and I suspect it’s the same for me. It’s partly because Twitter soaks up time, and partly…
Posted June 18, 2009 There’s a nice, succinct article in the FT today (also available online here) reading the runes on the Home Office’s contractual arrangements for parts of the ID Cards scheme. At the heart of the story is…
Posted June 16, 2009 Dear Home Secretary, Welcome to your new post. I hope your advisers have put in your in-tray a copy of the very lucid analysis of the UK’s National Identity Scheme which Toby Stevens has written here…