Call me crazy but...

...it strikes me as an odd and ominous coincident that these two stories appeared on the same day:

1. French may have to buy compulsory biometric ID cards
   Plan for compulsary ID card could go into effect in 2007
   


2. LexisNexis data on 310,000 people feared stolen
   Databases had been breached 59 times using stolen passwords, firm say

I just feel there's a message in there that merits attention.