Who wants NIDS, and why?
Two groups have been pushing for NIDS for a long time and are now using the war against terrorism to advance their agenda. The law enforcement community would like a tool to make it easier to identify people on routine checks and to link their databases by using the national ID card as a unique identifier. This has little do with the fight against terrorism but a lot with expansion of police powers. Smart-card identification schemes have also been promoted by large information technology vendors. For them, a multi-billion system would be a great business opportunity. The most prominent promoters of the current wave of NIDS in the US have been Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, and Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle. Both have been peddling their company’s products as the basis for the NIDS. While they offered their products for free, the ensuing service contracts would make their “gifts” highly profitable. Both of these groups stand to benefit from a NIDS even if it does not improve our
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