NO2ID

"The problems with "ID Cards" Not just a card. The card is the least of it... # The proposed identity management system has multiple layers # The NIR (National Identity Register) — individual checking and numbering of the population — marking many personal...

Doesn't matter

"Two simple words sum up the casual indifference and arrogant ignorance of the Home Office when responding to Steve Boggan's feature in the Guardian G2, in which we demonstrated serious flaws in the security of the UK's new 'biometric' ePassports. Once the government gets a...

Cremation of Care [unusual topics]

TERROR / POLICE / BUSH / GOVERNMENT / BRITISH / IRAQ / BOMBING

The Register [information technology news]

Plus other good things.

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DNA pioneer voices concern over database (Reuters)

" LONDON (Reuters) - A pioneer of Britain's DNA database said on Wednesday it may have grown so far beyond its original purpose that it now risks undermining civil rights. Professor Alec Jeffreys told BBC radio that hundreds of thousands of innocent people's DNA was now held...

What Happens When You Don't Have The Right To Have Your Vote Counted?

The right to vote is worthless without the right to have that vote counted. Especially in Presidential Elections which involve the Electoral College.

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

How much is your member of Congress worth?

"At the Center for Responsive Politics, you can get a rundown of the net worth of every member of Congress and the administration, as well as breakdowns from their financial disclosure statements."

MySQL Backup And Recovery With mysql-zrm On Debian Sarge | HowtoForge - Linux...

This guide describes how to back up and recover your MySQL databases with mysql-zrm on a Debian Sarge system. mysql-zrm is short for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, it is a new tool that lets you create full logical or raw backups of your databases (regardless of your...

Former Oracle exec: 'We will destroy Oracle'

"Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, is now proclaiming that he's going to demolish the $15 billion traditional database market."