The Washington Post has an article related to national (US) ID cards: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52300-2001Dec16.html
Bruce Schneier also has an article on this subject in the latest _Cryptogram Newsletter_ as well as links to other related resources: http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0112.html Washington Post article: > A Changed America: Privacy > National ID Card Gaining Support > > ID Card A smart card with a fingerprint could link a person to > sensitive personal data. > > By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Jonathan Krim > Washington Post Staff Writers > Monday, December 17, 2001; Page A01 a couple of quotes from the article: | As Alan M. Dershowitz, a Harvard University law professor, wrote in | October in endorsing a national ID card, the "fear of an intrusive | government can be addressed by setting criteria for any official who | demands to see the card." | In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, almost 3 of 4 people said | they support government eavesdropping on telephone conversations between | terrorist suspects and their lawyers. For the first time, there is also | strong support for secret tribunals for terrorist suspects and more | government wiretapping. On the specific question of a a national ID | card, about 70 percent of those recently polled by the Pew Research | Center said they favor a system that would require people to show a card | to authorities who request it. | "We're willing to accept this immense flow of data to law enforcement | and their proxies to make sure we feel safe and secure," said Marty | Abrams, an information technology specialist at the law firm Hunton & | Williams and former senior credit bureau executive. "The equilibrium | point shifted. It was a massive movement by society." | The driver's license proposal stands as an alternative to a single | national card. A technical standard would define the security features | of the card, but it would allow states the freedom of creative design | and put the burden on them for administering it. Proponents of this | approach acknowledge it could easily assume all the features of a | national ID card once other government agencies and private companies | begin tailoring their computers to capture information from the card. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
