-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- R.J.Blakemore wrote:
I'm a student at Exeter University in England.[...] The National Westminster Bank have teamed up with the University to provide every student with an "Intelligent Student Card" to replace our old Student ID.[...] As far as the card is concerned, we need it to enter all of our student facilities. Without the card, you can't play sports in the sports hall, or get into many Univerity social events. I think we will even be able to use the card to electronically vote. (The implications of this are obvious - will the hierarchy know your poitical standing in elections???)
Unfortunately, it's not obvious enough. There is talk of doing something similar at Stanford, though bureaucratic incompetence and a few expressions of concern about privacy have delayed implementation considerably. Details of the uproar (and lawsuit?) would be appreciated to help convince the powers that be that a similar project here would be unwise. - -rich not quite speaking for the stanford civil liberties union not quite on cypherpunks, so please cc if you want me to read it - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMnVkPSoZzwIn1bdtAQExvQGAw2mKlb45D8u3MHHd/cr1TJk9Q1MOOhFl OOd1rEh679ChzPIOhliCmjWgEbiX3Lhd =Hc1C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----