george Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Bhokin unimpressed BANGKOK:-- The Local Administration Department blew a chance to impress Interior Minister Bhokin Bhalakula when he tried out the new smart ID card setup at a Government House demonstration yesterday. “It’s a bad system and a bad machine,” Bhokin was heard muttering while speeding away from the department’s booth. He had reason to be angry. First, the scanner refused to read his fingerprints and it took officials several wipes with damp cloths before they would register. “My fingers are withering because of the cleaning but it still won’t work. Imagine, the interior minister can’t get his ID card,” he said. When the card was finally produced, he swiped it through the smartcard reader but his personal data failed to show up on the screen. He then said the system was bad and walked away. --The Nation 2004-04-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 He He He oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjan Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIC Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I'm sure the smart-cards from Shin-Corp works much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjan Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I'm sure the smart-cards from Shin-Corp works much better Yes... but they still are mechanical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodypaul Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I'm sure the smart-cards from Shin-Corp works much better Yes... but they still are mechanical Yet another example of the government going off half cocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnustedt Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Literally millions of smart ID cards have now been issued in HK without a hitch. Got one myself. From the 2nd half of this year we can enter HK without seeing an immigration officer, just put the card in the machine and thumb on scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumonster Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 ha ha ha... som nam naa which company got the contract to supply the cards? these cards would be just as easy to copy as a sat tv decoder card... these peanuts should stop making their decisions based on what they see at the movies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjan Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 these peanuts should stop making their decisions based on what they see at the movies... ... they still like cartoons far better than movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Isn't it about time that someone gave these ministers a card to place on their desks, saying "The Buck Stops Here!" They have to learn to take responisbility for their own department, and the cock ups that they make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megashox Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 ...He then said the system was bad and walked away... Welcome to the first world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IT Manager Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Welcome to Tie-land.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PD0NVJ Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Make my day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chingy Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 ha ha ha... som nam naawhich company got the contract to supply the cards? these cards would be just as easy to copy as a sat tv decoder card... these peanuts should stop making their decisions based on what they see at the movies... if i were you i wouldn't be in a hurry to get one of these smart id card, if people can crack the credit card these smart id card is a piece of cake, your info can be sold on and open market. this smart card(something similar) was introduce in California about 8-10 year ago, it never made it cause of privatecy act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 let's say WE TOLD YOU SO the new card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIC Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 The previous Thai government wanted to be sure that no foreign company bid on the project, so they made the specification so complex that noone would want to bother. After all it's only 60 million cards. The specification for the card was available online in a NECTEC tender. Amazingly, NECTEC won the tender themselves. It was developed for the taxpayers money. When completed, the engineers then quickly ran off and opened their own company to supply cards. I'm happy they failed. As for copying the card.. I think I still have the specification somewhere. ASIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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