Last year, 70,000 users of international phone cards were left out in the cold when one major SIM card supplier allegedly went bust without warning. The new Wembley stadium houses some of the most advanced ticketing and security systems in the world – but according to some of the major players in the sports business, they don’t work properly now and they probably never will. Whether it’s fingerprint, face, voice or eye recognition technology, the biometric border control systems currently on trial at some of our major airports are unreliable and will never be able to offer more security than current chip and pin systems. Whistling for good