Charlie Stross Fiction?

Edinburgh-based SF author Charlie Stross is working on a new book set in the UK in 2016.  He's done some background on the National ID card system as it will exist at that point.

Like all good authors, Charlie's looked at previous large scale IT contracts overseen by the government as well as the surrounding social factors.

The result is scary and I suspect fairly close to the eventual reality.

Let's face it, it's not going to stop crime or terrorism and it will be a colossal white elephant and liability from the outset.

Here's a link to the No2ID group, which opposes the ID card scheme.  Read what Charlie has to say and then make up your own mind about following it.