More Home Office Misdirection
The HO is set to release a report today that shows identity fraud has increased over the last two years. The increase is from the previous report which, as has been demonstrated by smarter people than me, does not single out theft that could be avoided by the ID Card scheme. I believe the amount from the previous report that fell into this category was between 50 and 80 million. I'm hoping that the HO has shot itself in the foot by releasing this follow up report, as I suspect counter-measures taken both on an individual and corporate level will show an actual decline in the kind of fraud preventable by the scheme (and only if the scheme is compulsory and taken up by all financial businesses).
I ought to add at the same time that the criminal world is not pickled in aspic, and that, should one opportunity disappear, they will merely seek opportunity elsewhere, something which has to be taken into consideration when working out if the scheme is good value. What is more, none of this negates the "honeypot" issue, and that it is likely the register will be a contributory factor to identity theft.
And the HO has recently embarrassed itself further by failing its bookkeeping audit. Not inspiring of confidence.
The HO is set to release a report today that shows identity fraud has increased over the last two years. The increase is from the previous report which, as has been demonstrated by smarter people than me, does not single out theft that could be avoided by the ID Card scheme. I believe the amount from the previous report that fell into this category was between 50 and 80 million. I'm hoping that the HO has shot itself in the foot by releasing this follow up report, as I suspect counter-measures taken both on an individual and corporate level will show an actual decline in the kind of fraud preventable by the scheme (and only if the scheme is compulsory and taken up by all financial businesses).
I ought to add at the same time that the criminal world is not pickled in aspic, and that, should one opportunity disappear, they will merely seek opportunity elsewhere, something which has to be taken into consideration when working out if the scheme is good value. What is more, none of this negates the "honeypot" issue, and that it is likely the register will be a contributory factor to identity theft.
And the HO has recently embarrassed itself further by failing its bookkeeping audit. Not inspiring of confidence.
posted by Hamilton's Brain | 9:15 am
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