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    Foreign Secretary hints digital ID cards will be introduced for 13-year-olds
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    Foreign Secretary hints digital ID cards will be introduced for 13-year-olds

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    1. AvidThinkpadEnjoyer on

      Why do these old people not see what’s happening with digital ID’s, either make verification possible through the government instead of 3rd party serv~ oh wait they issue the fucking ID.

      Jesus Christ these people are so fucking dumb

    2. QuinlanResistance on

      The irony of all this is the only branch of government I’d trust to implement this system would be GCHQ.

    3. Voodoopulse on

      I remember the last time national id was touted being 16 and thinking bugger I’ll never get served underage now, im now in my 40’s

    4. rsweb on

      Don’t worry you can rest assured it will cost 3x the price quoted and be carried out by the absolute lowest bidder who makes a total hash of it

      Good thing we’ve solved all the other problems in society I guess

      I’m convinced Kier wants Reform to win

    5. Mintyxxx on

      That’s not what was said, they said it’s being consulted on, so it’s one of the things they’re questioning.

    6. Weird-Statistician on

      I thought it was just about the right to work? Feature creep is pretty quick these days. Or are we bringing back child labour?

    7. MCDCFC on

      The UK Government can’t prevent 40% of phone theft IN THE WHOLE OF EUROPE but they think it’s a great idea for us to have digital ID on our phones. It’s plain daft

    10. LegoNinja11 on

      My lad left his phone in the car this morning and announced at 7.30 oh, its own clothes and we’re wearing yellow today I can see this working really well with your average 13 year old.

    12. judochop1 on

      Given the ongoing cyber attacks (Jaguar/Landrover, airports, NHS, British Library) I really don’t think it’s a great idea to centralise peoples’ data, especially given the importance of it.

      Look at south korea just now, utterly fucked.

    15. PsycommuSystem on

      Will cost tons more than originally though, and within 6 months millions of IDs will be leaked online or left on a USB stick on a train etc. Calling it now.

    18. FlaneLord229 on

      Where’s the crowd that supported this crap? Great feature isn’t it? When your rights are gone let’s see what you say.

    19. FlockBoySlim on

      Just gonna post this every time the topic comes up.

      – centralised storage of personal data increases surveillance potential.

      – largescale hacks could expose sensitive identity information. Putting all the info in one space is a waving a red flag to the proverbial bull (hackers)

      – “Function creep” IDs may be used beyond their original purpose (tracking, profiling and such). And even if not mandated it could become the preferred method of things like banking etc. Makes life even harder for folk if you’re elderly or not tecch savvy.

      – people without access to tech or who fail verification risk losing services.

      – centralised control of all data is a bad idea as governments or corporations could restrict or revoke access to services.

      – We’ve seen the government try to clamp down on protesting etc(even recently with new police powers), these IDs could be used as a way to snuff out dissidence in an authoritarian landscape.

      Many countries have already had issues with them;

      – In India for example the government and private entities accessed citizens’ data far beyond initial intent. Full names, addresses and ID numbers were leaked after a hack in 2018 as well.

      – In China, the national digital ID and system expanded into monitoring citizen behaviour, restricting travel and access to services.

      – In Kenya, rollout of the Huduma Namba ID system led to citizens being denied healthcare and education if they lacked registration.

      – Swedish folk were locked out of their bank accounts temporarily and missed mortgage payments etc due to technical glitches.

      – Security flaws in Estonians system led to criminals stealing the identity of thousands of people (and successfully impersonating them).

      – Myanmar’s government used digital ID to track and “suppress” dissidents who were protesting against human rights abuses and the government blocking citizens from accessing the Internet.

    20. bopkabbalah on

      This shifted from being about immigration within minutes. Those who insisted function creep was not a concern seem notably quiet right now.