re clinton wants national id card aka ussr style internal passport in article apr cc usu edu slp k cc usu edu writes btw which parts should be secure criminal records ie convictions are typically considered public information so should that info be secure remember the population includes parents checking prospective childcare worker like i said i m not sure of the details but it seems to me that you could access medical information without giving out a name or any other information medical info without a name body attached is completely useless for treatment the article i mentioned the the earlier post described a debit card type transaction in which neither the store nor the bank knew who was withdrawing the money thus making it as secure as cash for some purposes but far less secure for others parent s checking a babysitter shouldn t need access to the information stored in the card sure they do the prospective sitter may have a nasty habit of molesting kids three or four months into the job the references may not have known him long enough or may not have picked up on this yet remember criminal conviction info is public so if you re going to argue for an id card other people are going to have a strong argument that it disclose public info things i think anything that you choose to keep unknown should be thus making it useless for negative information could have it so that only doctors can access medical information police criminal records etc etc yeah right how are you going to keep doctors from spilling the beans we already know that you can t keep cops from disclosing info but at least that info is typically supposed to be public anyway like i said it s best if you read the article for yourself the article discusses technology not appropriate policy it also fails to deal with what happens if the folks with the secrets blab andy
