As a global community we have the ability to cite certain abuses of governments and
corporations. We also have a responsibility to design an adaptable, usable, efficient
system that can be deployed globally even in former and current penal colonies., e.g.,
the Hotel Gitmo. It may in the future be the target of adverse legislation, judicial review,
or overt hostile acts but the end-game should remain the global system.
In some respects corporations are easier to deal with (generally true and I have been
wrong in the past). But lets proceed with the identification system that side-steps these
problems and the ones to be discovered. There are many more issues waiting.
As to other issues, I have been working with local governments, charities and Healthcare
Providers in any attempt to identify their needs. These are real problems that have a
wide scope, e.g., try being homeless in the US.
What coverage should apply to the global IDs?
Regards!
-Thomas Clark
Horst Herb wrote:
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:12, David Forslund wrote:
What is required to get a national ID number in Norway? Any background
checks? Is the ID looked up nationally on every transaction?
If you are born in Norway, you get one allocated. If you move to Norway, you get one allocated as soon as you get your visum. This allocation is permanent. It encodes date of birth and gender among other things, and a simple check sum.
I would hope that there is more than locality used to detect fraud.
Sure is.
In the US, the desire to be anonymous is built into our entire system.
There is an underground economy. People don't want to get visible
healthcare treatment because it might cost them their job, etc, etc., etc.
I see the problem. But globally I have hopes that countries will increasingly protect individual freedom and rights against corporate interests - Scandinavia has proven that such concerns can be overcome without negative impact on the industry (Astra, Volvo, Scania, Nokia, Ericsson etc are not doing too bad, do they?).
My general point is that any identification process has to take into
account these widely varying cultures.
Sure.
Horst
