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Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers

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525 points alex77456 | 3 comments | 26 Sep 25 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pjc50 ◴[26 Sep 25 12:04 UTC] No.45385502[source]▶
> There will be no requirement for individuals to carry their ID or be asked to produce it - but digital ID will be mandatory as a means of proving your Right to Work.

So it's mandatory for everyone except old people and the unemployed. It will almost certainly also be mandatory for renting, which has the same check. Then it will gradually seep into everything else: benefits and pensions, to cover the categories not initially covered. Then police spot checks and ICE sweeps.

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1. jaggs ◴[26 Sep 25 12:54 UTC] No.45385963[source]▶
Please stop Americanizing the UK. ICE does not exist in the UK.
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2. tencentshill ◴[26 Sep 25 17:36 UTC] No.45389022[source]▶
Stasi, Gestapo, ICE. You know what they meant. The UK just doesn't have the equivalent aggressive immigrant-removal operation in place yet.
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3. jaggs ◴[26 Sep 25 19:09 UTC] No.45389930[source]▶
And may never have. Believe it or not the UK and the USA are two different countries, thank goodness. So making an assumption that the two will adopt exactly the same policies is a little ambitious to say the least. For example please note that the UK just agreed to recognize Palestine.