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Why governments struggle with ID
This week we're speaking to Professor Edgar Whitley - an expert on the design and implementation of ID systems.
Links
More about Edgar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/edgar-whitley
More about the London School of Economics and ID: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-impact-case-studies/scrapping-costly-controversial-proposals-identity-cards
Gus and Edgar's joint publications:
- Global challenges for identity policies: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Global_Challenges_for_Identity_Policies.html?id=P7hsCwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
- Global Identity Policies and Technology:
Do we Understand the Question? An open access paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2010.00028.x
- Book chapter on Aadhaar: https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90490/
Edgar's report on Women and ID: https://silkstart.s3.amazonaws.com/1967006c-a430-414e-9982-75e204478d6e.pdf
More information on Aadhaar in India: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/819/aadhaar-scheme-faq
The Indian Supreme Court decision: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/2299/initial-analysis-indian-supreme-court-decision-aadhaar and https://www.scobserver.in/cases/beghar-foundation-ks-puttaswamy-aadhaar-review-case-background/
The Windrush scandal: https://jcwi.org.uk/reportsbriefings/windrush-scandal-explained/
Interviews with people in Kenya who had been double registered: https://media.privacyinternational.org/my-library/video-playlists/kysrYXu54t5ennt5NtjNxc
Yes Minister TV show: https://archive.org/details/yes-minister-1980-1984 including the famous Big Brother episode: https://archive.org/details/yes-minister-1980-1984/Yes+Minister+-+S01E04+-+Big+Brother.mp4
The Clarkson toothpick incident: https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/jeremy-clarkson-victim-of-id-fraud-after-publishing-bank-details/
The Washington Post raid: https://theintercept.com/2026/01/30/washington-post-hannah-natanson-fbi-biometrics-unlock-phone/
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By This week we're speaking to Professor Edgar Whitley - an expert on the design and implementation of ID systems.
Links
More about Edgar: https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/edgar-whitley
More about the London School of Economics and ID: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-impact-case-studies/scrapping-costly-controversial-proposals-identity-cards
Gus and Edgar's joint publications:
- Global challenges for identity policies: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Global_Challenges_for_Identity_Policies.html?id=P7hsCwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
- Global Identity Policies and Technology:
Do we Understand the Question? An open access paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2010.00028.x
- Book chapter on Aadhaar: https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90490/
Edgar's report on Women and ID: https://silkstart.s3.amazonaws.com/1967006c-a430-414e-9982-75e204478d6e.pdf
More information on Aadhaar in India: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/819/aadhaar-scheme-faq
The Indian Supreme Court decision: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/2299/initial-analysis-indian-supreme-court-decision-aadhaar and https://www.scobserver.in/cases/beghar-foundation-ks-puttaswamy-aadhaar-review-case-background/
The Windrush scandal: https://jcwi.org.uk/reportsbriefings/windrush-scandal-explained/
Interviews with people in Kenya who had been double registered: https://media.privacyinternational.org/my-library/video-playlists/kysrYXu54t5ennt5NtjNxc
Yes Minister TV show: https://archive.org/details/yes-minister-1980-1984 including the famous Big Brother episode: https://archive.org/details/yes-minister-1980-1984/Yes+Minister+-+S01E04+-+Big+Brother.mp4
The Clarkson toothpick incident: https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/jeremy-clarkson-victim-of-id-fraud-after-publishing-bank-details/
The Washington Post raid: https://theintercept.com/2026/01/30/washington-post-hannah-natanson-fbi-biometrics-unlock-phone/
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