Schneier Estimates that Real ID Is Going to Be an $11 Billion Waste
Counterpane CTO and noted security expert Bruce Schneier estimates that despite all the political pressure being applied, any effort to create a Real ID is likely to result in at least $11 billion in spending and very little additional security.
Schneier, in this post, says the plan is fundamentally flawed because cards will be forged while other people will obtain cards under fraudulant names, while others still will simply lose their cards. Worse yet, the system would require a network of databases full of sensitive data that in themselves would become centralized targets for every black hat hacker on the planet.
The bottom line argument, according to Schneier, is that the whole concept of secure idnetification cards is little more than a myth that is likley to cause more trouble than it's worth -- Michael Vizard.
Comments (1)
If TSA and VA data handling are an indication of things to come, the massive data breaches of the past will pale in comparison.
Posted by Craig Herberg | June 1, 2007 1:53 PM