TCSOTD 2007-05-23
Police Chief’s ‘Orwellian’ Fears
Over 100,000 innocent young people now on the National DNA Database
ORG is looking for new Board members
Staff asked to snoop for police
Anger at plans for NHS database of gay men
... [16:42] Tim Worstall nails it
Madeleine’s eye holds vital clue
Result of Daily Mail Hatchet Job on Owen Barder
Traffic Wardens to get video cameras
... Someone clearly has too much money to spend. How long until crimes against traffic wardens increase?
... “The technology will also help wardens in their new role of issuing fixed penalties for anti-social behaviour.” Oh dear me.
TCSOTD 2006-12-12
Home office child porn expert admits child porn charge
Smart Card Alliance criticizes RFID passport plans
Sense of smell may be tied to quantum physics
Wordie: like flickr but without the photos
DNA ‘should be taken from babies’
... “It is about time we had a debate about whether we want to turn from a nation of citizens into one of suspects”—Liberty
TCSOTD 2006-11-02
Britain is ‘surveillance society’
... a review of newspapers’ comments
A tempered reaction to the NHS Data Spine
... you may be noticing a pattern with my use of the word ‘tempered’
Online ID theft hyped – biggest problem is offline
RFID too insecure to be used in applications where privacy is important shock