Of Britain's ten national daily newspapers, only two (the Sun and the Times) are cheerleaders for identity cards.
The government hopes the pilot scheme will pave the way for compulsory identity cards within the next decade.
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He did that by suggesting he would cut "unnecessary and wasteful" defence spending, abolish the children's trust fund and plans for national identity cards, and put the money instead into front-line services.
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For all that, identity cards are unlikely to turn into a repeat of the poll-tax fiasco.
Leingruber first demoed the generator at a performance last March, where he actually printed plastic identity cards for visitors at a Berlin art gallery.
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As well as improving security at channel ports, and trying to persuade European governments to take a harder line, Britain is planning to introduce identity cards for asylum applicants, and house them in special centres, rather than paying them benefits to live in the wider community.
About 2, 000 people gathered at an athletic field in Savar for the payments, but the process was slow because many had no identity cards, Faruk Hossain, an inspector for the Industrial Police, was quoted as saying.
For Ruiz, the aristocratic age, before identity cards and international files, was when no one really knew what was in a name.
With little expertise at keeping information private online, kids with cards are an easy target for identity theft, often putting the family finances at risk.
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Identity theft and rising fees for accepting credit cards will take their toll on retailers, who will be asking more often for cash and debit cards.
It could also expand the business of HID Global which up to now has focused on the delivery of secure identity, such as smart cards, for access to buildings and offices.
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RIM''s SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices.
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On June 30th Alan Johnson, the home secretary, announced that identity cards, particularly unpopular among left-wingers, would never become compulsory for British citizens.
My father was out fire watching and I well remember my mother and I making a dive for the Anderson shelter, mother clutching the large brown handbag containing birth certificates, insurance policies, bank books, identity cards etc - not forgetting our precious ration books.
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