Proof, if proof were needed, that ID cards are a waste of time

ID cards are on sale for £2. Pretty convincing ones, too.

Not only does this demonstrate the uselessness of the scheme - the false certainty such cards cause people to have constitutes a new danger in the world of ID.

By Alex Deane

Comments

[Peter Becksmith]

Two pro ID Card articles in different national newspapers in rapid succession? Coincidence?

Who are "security company CP"? Who are they linked to?

"CIFAS – a not-for-profit fraud prevention service" a fake charity/service, working on whose behalf? Who is funding CIFAS?

You need to do some homework!

[Alex Deane]

But, Peter... that is plainly an ANTI-ID card article...

[guy herbert]

CIFAS is a perfectly respectable and honest organisation. It is funded by its members, mostly banks and card issuers, which are listed on its website:
http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=721-28
Its pronouncements on the subject of fraud are considerably more trustworthy than HMG's.

The fake shown is actually a hopeless one, probably based on the mockups issued a couple of years ago rather than the current design. But since almost no-one knows what they are supposed to look like, it scarcely matters.

[guy herbert]

CPP, BTW, is a company that sells insurance against loss/theft of your credit cards and other documents, so it has a perfectly rational interest in the subject.

[Alex Deane]

what he said..!

[Purlieu]

Of course we know what they look like, some people in manchester actually have one.

[alastair]

I like the way that ID card shows Gordon Brown's face but David Cameron's name :-)

Very unfair on David, but quite funny nonetheless.

[coach outlet factory]

east or west, home is best.