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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 18, 2005, 5:11 PM UTC
" Sen. Ted Stevens wanted to know just how much the Internet had turned private lives into open books. So the senator, a Republican from Alaska and the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, instructed his staff to steal his identity.

"I regret to say they were successful," the senator reported at a hearing he held last week on data theft."

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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 18, 2005, 5:12 PM UTC
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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 27, 2005, 6:38 PM UTC
"The founder of an anti-fraud website has himself become the victim of credit card fraud. Andrew Goodwill, managing director of Early Warning UK, a scheme set up to help retailers avoid credit card fraud, is down $600 (£329) after crooks used his credit card to pay for services online."

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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 27, 2005, 6:40 PM UTC
"Home Secretary Charles Clarke is "aware of the genuine concerns" over the UK ID scheme, but the Bill his department reintroduced to Parliament today is, according to Home Office Minister Tony McNulty, "in essence... the same Bill" as the one that fell prior to the general election. So, it would seem that the new-look listening Government hears the concerns, and says, 'tough'."

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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 27, 2005, 6:41 PM UTC
"UK government ministers gave a vote of confidence to the technology underpinning its controversial ID card scheme, as proposals for the national scheme were reintroduced in Parliament on Wednesday. The scheme will link personal information such as names and addresses to biometrics - a computer scan of a person's iris, face or fingerprint. From 2008, UK passport applicants will also receive an identity card, under plans outlined in the government's ID Card Bill."

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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 27, 2005, 6:42 PM UTC
"A new Belgian electronic ID card contains typos introduced purposely to confound potential fraudsters, Luc Vanneste, General Director Population and Institutions of the Belgian Home Office, proudly announced this week."

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'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 31, 2005, 4:16 PM UTC
"The UK government plans to issue its ID card as a passport with biometric identifiers stored in a chip – and the US wants those chips to be compatible with its own scanners, raising the possibility that US agencies could have access to the ID Card database."

The Register
'KotaGuy Admin/Teacher Emeritus
May 31, 2005, 4:21 PM UTC
"HP last week made a grab for a bigger slice of the lucrative identity market with the release of a National Identity System (NIS) based on Microsoft's .NET platform. The technology offers "Secure Identification Management for Governments Around the World" or (put another way) a means for states to keep tabs on their citizens. The technology comes with a modular structure that allows easy access to egovernment services and the ability to conduct secure transactions online. It can also integrate with various biometric systems."

The Register