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Private sector saviours wanted for desperate ID scheme Home Office chucks in the cards? Plans for the widespread introduction of fingerprint passports and ID cards, already delayed until 2012, have receded further into the distance with the publication of the latest Identity & Passport Service cost report for the ID scheme. This effectively pulls the plugs on the network of IPS-run interview centres, and lobs future responsibility for these and for biometric enrolment over to private sector companies.? Women love chocolate more than password security Sweet temptation Women are four times more likely than men to give out "passwords" in exchange for chocolate bars.? Wi-Fi spoofing sends Jesus phone disciples off the true path Skyhook, line and sinker Punters using Wi-Fi based positioning systems on their mobile devices would do well to look before they leap. Security vulnerabilities have discovered location spoofing flaws in the Skyhook positioning system that might be used to lead users astray.? Transcript disappears minister's 'hack-proof' ID register claim So who hacked Hansard? At the end of February Home Office minister Meg Hillier explained the UK ID scheme security system to the Home Affairs Committee. "The National Identity Register, essentially," she said, "will be a secure database; ...hack-proof, not connected to the Internet... not be accessible online; any links with any other agency will be down encrypted links."? Online spousal spying widespread in the UK Who did you text last night? One in five married UK couples admit to electronic snooping on their spouses, says a report from Oxford University. The report found that many married partners spy on their partner's emails and text messages. One in eight (13 per cent) confessed to checking on internet history files to monitor sites visited by their better halves.? Microsoft lines up with the good guys on identity tech Brands and Cameron pitch the fix for government's Big ID problem Early last month Jacqui Smith unveiled the latest revision of the ID card roadmap. On the same day, by happy coincidence, Microsoft bought Credentica's U-Prove assets and hired Dr Stefan Brands. On the one hand, a discredited and failing strategy staggers on under its fourth Home Secretary, while on the other...?? New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software Customers liable for losses The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or anti-phishing protection. New Banking Codes for consumers and businesses took effect on Monday.? 'Bullying' Aussie high school stops fingerprinting kids Pressganged into submission An Australian high school has stopped fingerprinting its children, on receiving a caning from the country?s press.? How an app called WarmTouch nailed a grenade-stockpiling cyber extortionist Software that knows if you're mad - or a loner When the president of a prestigious patent and trademarking firm began receiving emails threatening to bring down its operations unless he paid a $17m ransom, he knew he had to take action. He reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but agents were unable to identify the culprit.? Awed fraudsters defeated by UK's passport interviews No fakes detected - terrorists all move to Belgium Interviews for first time passport applicants have been massively successful - because, er, no fraudulent applications at all have been detected since the government introduced the system last May. In answer to a Freedom of Information request, the Home Office said last week that 38,391 interviews had been held to date, 222 applications were currently under investigation, but that so far no application had been rejected.? ICO queries Heathrow T5's huge fingerprint ~~scam~~ scan National security now wholly funded by shopping The government, the British Airports Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office are arguing over fingerprinting at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, which is due to open on Thursday. T5 is to use a 'count them all in, count them all out' biometric system to log entry and exit to the departure lounge, but the ICO thinks the move may breach the Data Protection Act, and has demanded an explanation from BAA.? Supermarket loses 4.2 million credit card details Supermarket identity sweep A New England-based supermarket chain has warned of an information security breach that exposed an estimated 4.2 million credit card records.? IBM buys Encentuate to accumulate Lands security lab on Singapore IBM today snapped up privately-held security software firm Encentuate for an undisclosed sum.? Microscope-wielding boffins crack Tube smartcard The keys to London Underground, and plenty more Security researchers say they've found a way to crack the encryption used to protect a widely-used smartcard in a matter of minutes, making it possible for them to quickly and cheaply clone the cards that are used to secure office buildings and automate the collection of mass transportation fares.? 'Boil a frog' ID card rollout to continue until 2012 Smith offers series of compelling propositions The latest stage in the long slow death of the UK ID scheme became official this morning, as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled a two-pronged revised delivery plan, aimed first at selected groups of workers and teenagers. This effectively confirms the strategy proposed by the leaked ID scheme Options Analysis earlier this year, and kicks back the widespread issuing of the cards until 2012.?