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Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers

(www.reuters.com)
525 points alex77456 | 1 comments | 26 Sep 25 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zahllos ◴[26 Sep 25 11:51 UTC] No.45385409[source]▶
One of my concerns with this is the assumption that every adult has a suitable smartphone. Do the government plan to hand them out?
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paperpunk ◴[26 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45385556[source]▶
From the linked page:

> In designing the digital ID scheme, the government will ensure that it works for those who aren’t able to use a smartphone, with inclusion at the heart of its design.

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1. eesmith ◴[26 Sep 25 14:05 UTC] No.45386669[source]▶
What of people like me who are able to use a smartphone but are unwilling to?

It's not just the elderly and homeless as mentioned on the page, but also those with religious objections, members of the digital disconnection movement, those concerned about electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and so on.

Should there a right to an offline life for the simple reason that you want live offline? A right which is protected in a few other places in Europe, at least to some extent when it concerns government services.