to the people that say "if you've nothing to hide why are you bothered?" I reply:

On that basis curtains should be made illegal, after all if you've got nothing to hide why can't the police, MI5, the local neighbourhood watch etc etc be able to look in to your house to see that you aren't aiding terrorism, dealing drugs, running a brother, molesting your children, raping your wife, plotting to rob a bank, making pirate copies of your DVDs and CDs or any other illegal activity?


Also:

Who's to say that I don't have the same fingerprints/retina patterns as Osama Bin Laden? After all, until they've got everyone's fingerprints how do they definitively know they are unique?

What happens when the link to the data base goes down - as it will - what happens then? does everything stop still it comes back up?

Who's going to be able to demand to see your ID card and who will have the authority to access the database?