Mary Fisher wrote:


There may be financial benefits. You don't know until it's tried.

Mary


There may, but the proposed scheme is a massive centralisation. History
suggests that massive centralised databases will be compromised. If
this ones does wouldn't indentity froud become easy?

Some of the alternative proposals were more distributed. In one case
the database containing only an index number and an authentication
result. The authentication result only being calculable from the card
data and a biometric.

Of course there are even beter systems than that if you use a smart card.

Lets do it properly, not in a rush and get it wrong. That means public
education, scrutinisation and buy in.

Mike