...someone picked up my already pretty obvious idea :)
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2484
Want a Free iPod? Head for the U.K.
January 12, 2006
iPod
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Many countries are considering national ID cards, including the U.S.,
Australia and the U.K. Additionally, the U.K. government has been under a
lot of pressure to combat online fraud after last year’s revelation that its
Tax Credits website was hit to the tune of 30 million pounds of fraudulent
claims. In light of this, it’s been proposed that a PIN or password be added
to the proposed UK national ID card to use for online authentication.
Well, with tongue firmly planted in-cheek (I think), Patrick Cooper, the
head of applications and data services in the U.K. Department of Trade and
Industry, has an idea he says would be cheaper to implement … and knowing
how iPod-crazy the world is, it would probably meet with a lot less
resistance.
Actually, he wasn’t limiting it to iPods. Cooper indicated that cell phones
or iPods with digital certificates would work. His suggestion:
“My boss would give everyone in the U.K. an iPod. That would also mean
there would be no reason for anyone to steal one, because everyone would
have one.” Cooper quipped that the iPod scheme would also be a more
cost-efficient alternative to other government plans to combat online fraud,
such as equipping the proposed National ID Card with a PIN or password
system to enable it to work as an online authentication device. Source:
News.com
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