The Home Office says the cards – which include an electronic chip holding fingerprints and a digital facial image –  will guard against identity fraud, illegal workers, organised crime and terrorism.內政部說，卡-其中包括一個電子芯片舉行指紋和面部數碼圖像-將防範身份欺詐，非法勞工，有組織犯罪和恐怖主義。

They fear the scheme could lead to spying on ordinary citizens and the subsequent ethical issues this raises.他們擔心該計劃可能導致從事間諜活動的普通公民和隨後的倫理問題，這引起了。

Steve Graham, professor of geography at Durham University and a member of the UK Surveillance Studies Network, said: “The most disturbing thing about the UK ID cards scheme is the cards’ potential, through their embedded radio frequency chips, to be used as a means of passively tracking people’s whereabouts continuously and covertly.”史蒂夫格雷厄姆，地理學教授在達勒姆大學和一名英國監測研究網絡，說： “最令人不安的事英國的ID卡計劃卡的潛力，通過其嵌入式射頻芯片，將用作手段被動跟踪人的下落，並暗地裡不斷。 “

Dr Francisco Klauser, an expert in security politics at Durham, added: “It raises a series of important issues not only in terms of privacy and individual liberties, but also in view of its potential for discrimination between different populations through modes of classification that may include ethnicity and nationality, for example.”舊金山Klauser博士專家，在安全政治上達勒姆補充說： “它提出了一系列重要的問題，不僅在個人隱私和個人自由，而且還鑑於其潛在的歧視不同人群之間通過分類方式，可能包括種族和國籍，例如“ 。

Dr Matthew Kearnes, from the university’s Institute of Hazard and Risk, has researched the implications of new technologies on society.馬修Kearnes博士，從大學研究所的危害與風險，也影響研究的新技術對社會的影響。

He said: “Given the Government’s recent track record – the NHS data base scandals and concerns about electronic wheelie-bin monitoring – this technological approach is likely to exacerbate existing public concerns.”他說： “由於政府最近的記錄-羥基琥珀數據的基礎醜聞和關注電子w heelie斌監測-這種技術的做法有可能加劇現有的公共問題。”

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