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Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers

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525 points alex77456 | 1 comments | 26 Sep 25 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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remarkEon ◴[26 Sep 25 03:45 UTC] No.45382398[source]▶
>The proposals are the government's latest bid to tackle illegal immigration, with the new ID being a form of proof of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.

How does a digital ID solve an illegal immigration problem? I watched the video and the suggestion is that this makes it easier for employers to verify that someone is authorized to work. Is that actually true? I don't live in the UK and have not visited in several years. If the idea is that a digital ID authorizes employment ... well I hope people can see the problem, here.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[26 Sep 25 04:49 UTC] No.45382769[source]▶
> How does a digital ID solve an illegal immigration problem?

It's presumably harder to forge a cryptographic signature than paper documents? Not saying it's a good tradeoff. But executed competently, it makes sense in theory.

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1. monerozcash ◴[26 Sep 25 08:11 UTC] No.45384037[source]▶
> It's presumably harder to forge a cryptographic signature than paper documents

For criminals it is already essentially impossible to forge new polycarbonate documents. Acquiring them by defrauding the application processes remains easy however.

Of course, if the person checking doesn't know what the real document feels like in their hand, whether it's real polycarbonate or a shit laminated TESLIN fake makes little difference.