Gates: U.S. behind India on accepting ID Cards for Individuals
Bill Gates recently spoke at a conference in India, where he criticized the U.S. for being behind on data privacy, immigration and a centralized method for maintaining an individual’s information. Gates is currently working on developing an identification card system for India.
According to CNET, Bill Gates spoke at a conference in New Delhi, India to an audience of hundreds of government officials and IT executives from the country. Gates spoke of his vision of a world where cell phones can recognize people around them and computers with advanced voice recognition technology.
Gates indicated that Microsoft will be working on India’s national identity card project along with Nandan Nilekani, the Cabinet minister heading the project. Nilekani used to run one of India’s largest tech company, Infosys. Nilekani is now heading the project to develop a new ID card system starting in 2011 for India’s 1.2 billion. Currently, India keeps most of its information on hard copies distributed across different government offices.
Gates believes in the developing a central ID card program and criticized the lack of initiative from the U.S. government on adopting a similar system. He also indicated that the government should at least allow health care data to be centralized.
Gates also criticized the U.S. government’s policy on immigration, stating that individuals with higher education or “smart people” should get some leeway with immigration. He cited Canada as being progressive in this area. Gates indicated that Microsoft has created “a lot of jobs in Canada for that reason.”
Sharing health care information sounds like a great idea, but the dream of centralizing the data could be next to impossible considering the health insurance infrastructure in the U.S. Unlike many of the countries in the world, the U.S. relies on medical insurance companies to maintain individual’s information in data centers. A central ID card system similar to a driver’s license with health care information could help doctors identify an individual’s allergies or medical history quickly.
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July 27th, 2009
Re: central ID card. This is bad on so many levels. For one, right now, if you are asked to identify yourself, stating your name is all you legally have to do. You do not have to produce ID documents as the government doesn’t mandate you carry them. Once there’s a national ID card, carrying it will be mandatory and, in essence, the ability to move about freely without the government tracking your whereabouts will disappear.
Also, we know the scope creep that has made the social security number & card a joke. Don’t think for a second that the national ID card won’t suffer from this as well. Tying medial info to the card is already changing the scope from an ID system to a records access system.
Re: “smart people”. Are those the same college-educated smart people who drove our economy into ruins?
Gates can be brilliant but he tends to think that there’s a technology solution to all of mankind’s ills. The problem is that society, government, and the private sector are always at odds over how the technologies will serve their purposes. And what benefits one sector won’t generally benefit another, with society losing out most of the time.
July 27th, 2009
I approve of Bill Gates genius in creating Microsoft. But as far as being smart (intelligent) about facets not really a part of that project, Mr. Gates should learn that embracing controlling idiocies on the American people should, and probably will, be fought tooth and nail.
The very idea of a “national registration card” is one more assault on our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Bill, what were you thinking?
July 27th, 2009
RE: he very idea of a “national registration card” is one more assault on our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Agreed. I’m a fanatic about technology, but I don’t feel the Gov. would use this technology for good.
August 3rd, 2009
so why would mr.billy jean work for a ID card system in india ??!!
strange !!! (but sounds familiar)
why is he interested??
what does he(they) get ??
ask questions people.
dont be fooled by these “stinky rich swines” !!!!
well globalists or elites think that their sneaky plans towards world control is under blanket. am not talking anything against the common US people. cos they are also like anyother commoner in the world, in clutches of these “parasites” that run the whole matrix of our planet .
when we individually do a little “research” and see the truth , we will understand the “matrix” in which we are in AND know that we are totally driven by a system by these “viruses” sitting on top of the world, controlling all governments of the world through UN and other fancy organisations.
here is some info about mr.billy jean. just google “bill gates depopulation”.
you will understand the motto behind depopulation.
why depopulation ??
less people means less headache in controlling the masses.
the idea of economic crisis or terrorism is almost the same. they both work for a common goal – one world government.
how ??
eg : problem > solution .
1 : terrorism > security > RFID chip.
2 : money crisis > one currency > digitized currency.
already most of the money is existing in digital form (moneycards).
now our identity can be tracked in the name security (RFID chip).
Finally combining both in one system, we can be like “tweety in a cage”
ID cards in third world nation is another sneaky step for world control !!!
unplug and see that you are being MANIPULATED.
turn off your TVs.
forgot to mention that its not all.
the best part is the HAARP (google it & see)
with HAARP technology , mind control , weather modification is a reality.
with these ID systems we let them manipulate us , INDUVIDUALLY !!!!