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Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers

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525 points alex77456 | 4 comments | 26 Sep 25 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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mrob ◴[26 Sep 25 06:38 UTC] No.45383451[source]▶
It's incredibly misleading to call a phone app a "card". This is much worse than it sounds. Am I going to be forced to buy a smartphone? Am I going to be forced to run non-Free software? Am I going to be forced to enter into a restrictive contract with a foreign corporation?
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1. octo888 ◴[26 Sep 25 06:53 UTC] No.45383546[source]▶
Hah this is the UK. No, it'll be optional to begin with to make people like you asking important questions seem like a whacko. Then once they use propaganda to make people opt into it, and it reaches mass adoption, then it'll quietly be made mandatory - or extremely annoying not to have it
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2. LinAGKar ◴[26 Sep 25 14:54 UTC] No.45387218[source]▶
No, it will be mandatory right from the start, and employers will be required to check it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-ca...

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3. kypro ◴[26 Sep 25 20:36 UTC] No.45390774[source]▶
Yep. It's literally always this way. It's starts with "we hope everyone will do the right thing". To, "it's concerning some people are refusing to do their part". To finally, "do it now or we'll lock you in a cage".
4. octo888 ◴[26 Sep 25 21:02 UTC] No.45390989[source]▶
Are you suggesting they will draft the law in such a way that in order not to be fired people must download this thing onto a smartphone and show it to their employer, post-haste? Your link does not support any evidence of that (the line " will be mandatory for every worker in the UK" links to just another one of their own articles, which also does not support it). I imagine it'll be phased in for new employment.

No, it won't be mandatory in all situations all at once, for every facet of life (I did not specify employment).