Friday, August 19, 2005

TERRORISM: ID CARD COMPULSORY FOR INTERNET POINT CUSTOMERS / Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, 18 Aug 2005

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"Starting from today, internet point customers will only be able to check their e-mails or surf the net on production of a valid ID card. This is the main consequence of a new anti-terror decree jointly signed by Italy's Interior Minister Pisanu, Communications Minister Landolfi and Innovation and Technology Minister Stanca. The decree aims to improve the government's monitoring of internet points, which are increasingly used by terrorists to exchange information. The most obvious consequence, however, is that both customers and owners will have to change their habits, as up until now it was only the larger venues which required an ID card from their customers. Elsewhere, users were simply asked to enter an ID code as they logged in. (AGI) - "[Complete article]