Fight Online Fraud with Apple iPods: U.K. Official

TECHNOLOGY

COMMENTLINE
Ah, it's the U.K. in search of a national identity ... a national identity card, that is. While it's all in fun, the idea says much for the security of digital certificates.

NEWSLINE
"It (an iPod with a digital certificate) would be cheaper than the ID Card scheme."

NEWSBYTE
U.K. official: Fight online fraud with iPods
A senior manager at a British government agency has come up with an alternative to the U.K.'s identity card scheme: Give everyone a free iPod installed with a digital certificate.
(CNET) -- Patrick Cooper, the head of applications and data services in the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry, floated the idea--albeit with his tongue firmly in cheek--at an event on Tuesday, hosted by Adobe Systems, to discuss technology predictions for 2006.

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