Letters: The unwilling pioneers of the ID cards scheme (Independent)
The Home Secretary (letters, 29 April) is wrong to suggest that money would not be saved by scrapping ID cards. I was surprised that Ms Smith resurrected the tired and weak argument designed to scare people into surrenderng their fingerprints to the Government's vulnerable identity database. Terrorists, criminals and fraudsters will find ways to subvert or circumvent the system.

East Visalia SSA office built illegally on flood plain (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
A Social Security Administration field office being built in east Visalia is located on a 100-year flood plain, new federal documents show.

Social Media's Criminal Attraction (Forbes)
A new Facebook worm suggests that cybercriminals have discovered social media too.