Duplicated.

My fears about our data based society have hit home hard as at the end of 2007, someone was able to duplicate my debit card, and use it to buy goods totalling nearly £700 ($1400). I have determined to be even more careful about where and how I use my debit card from now on, but really it is just too easy to copy this kind of information.
With the encryption that will be used in the UK I.D. cards already cracked, how can the government even think of introducing a technology that will make I.D. theft even easier?!