FaceBook gets a taste of it’s own medicine
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 3rd Aug, 2007
It’s been interesting to watch the growth of FaceBook and the rise of applications that get hosted within it’s “domain”. However, the one thing that has risen to the surface is how FaceBook is perfectly happy to integrate other people’s data into their space, but not that happy to share the data it holds about [...]
Should Government consolidate citizen identities across it’s systems?
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 10th May, 2006
Interesting approach on the subject of “One Consolidated View of the Citizen” by Richard Allen who outlines the arguments against having a common identifier against citizens in Government databases. The gist of his argument can be found in the last paragraph where he states:
So, to summarise. One common identifier across all government systems means less [...]
National ID Cards
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 22nd Jun, 2005
It seems like every man and his dog has an opinion about whether Britain should implement ID Cards for it’s citizens. Here’s a humorous take on it: A Very Model of a Modern Minister.
Just to give you a taster, here’s the first verse:
The world today is filled with villains stealing one’s identity
And terrorists intent on [...]
