On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:50, Peter Karunyu
<pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
I did.
- Stop thinking about the technology at this point, you are just wasting time which could be better used designing the solution. Note that technology just implements part of the solution, its not the solution in and by itself.
True, but we are looking at a the solution from a technology point of view.
- Solve the human factor sub-problem; what privacy concerns will such a solution raise? How will each of them be solved?
What privacy are people talking about here? What is it that you have that is associated with the govt that you think is still private?
- Some parts of Kenya have no electricity, leave alone internet; how will those people access the solution?
Electricity is not a limitation. Terminals can run on rechargable batteries, just like phones. Electricity is never more than 10km away even at those places without it.
- We all know the capability of our govt in terms of security, so how can we improve it to be sufficient for such a undertaking. Having all the citizens data in one 'database' is what I think is called a Honeypot, a target sweet enough to awaken the uber hackers who would make those script kiddies who deface websites seems like idiotic morons
And what will they be looking for? The UID (Universal ID)? They can get that already.
All I am saying, the problem is letter A in the alphabet, the database and primary keys are letter T, and theres a whole lot of work to do in between, and this work just happens to the most important.
I thought what was important in the original posting was to have a single identification that identifies someone across the board - not an ID/No, Passport No, D/L Number, PIN Number - all issued by the govt.
I personally don't care about the security of those numbers. They are with the govt and anyone who has a way of getting them will get them. My point for supporting the OP was in the context of having a single universal identification number - that can be used to track/identify me everywhere, by govt or by blackhats!
