Originally Posted by Baron von Lotsov

Yes. NO2ID techies and co-conspirators had a go. I think it took about a day to do it and they arranged some demonstrations. The idiots at the department had a password on the chip that could be figured out by combining the person's date of birth with so many figures on the passport number and a couple of other things. They managed to read someone's passport chip from about 30 feet away using a wireless repeater link.

Originally Posted by Baron von Lotsov

Yes that is one problem but like the cost argument it does not address the real reason for these ID cards. You see, the ID card is the only really visible part of it but behind that will be an electronic surveillance and data collection system linked into the running of the country, where things will change for you in a way not previously seen. Just to give one example of this, look at what has happened to the business of driving a car down the road with one single data acquisition system, that being a speed measuring device. Look at what they did there and then extrapolate to the point of what could they do if every aspect of your life was recorded and indexed on your ID card. It's all about control but this control is not likely to be for your benefit. Not when they do things like pass a law enabling them to pass laws without an act of parliament. It's your democracy at stake here.