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Will the real ID card please stand up? : Comments
By Peter Chen, published 23/8/2005Peter Chen argues the federal government’s proposed biometric ID card is redundant.
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You have articulated an argument that stands above all other commentaries on the National ID Card debate.
The ID card, as you have outlined, would not be solely a method of combating terrorism. It would be a means of vastly improving government and corporate efficiency in identification. The card itself, as a physical item, is unnecessary, and the true benefits of the card are not in the card itself but in the centralisation and processing of personal information in a way which improves the effectiveness of any organised body that requires an understanding of individual's identities.
I commend the way in which you have thought outside and above the debate within the media, which seems to be confined to terrorism v civil liberties I also would like to commend your foresight in seeing the wide, long term benefits of the philosophy behind the ID card. If the government had adopted your line of argument, there would be an ID card already.