Digital ID cards pose civil liberty risk
Single digital ID cards - or "smart cards" - are technically feasible in the U.K. and Western Europe. But a rollout of the technology almost certainly will be delayed because of civil liberty concerns, a new report says.
The study, "Digital Identities: The Single Touch Point for E-Commerce," was published Tuesday by info-tech research firm the Butler Group.
Andrew Kellett, a senior research analyst with the firm and lead author of the report, said that while the smart-card technology is available today, multi-functional ID cards are still a long way off. In his report, Kellett said that the importance placed upon an individual's single digital identity has too high a value to be encapsulated within a single card.
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