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mellosouls ◴[] No.45385547[source]
There will be no requirement for individuals to carry their ID or be asked to produce it

Yet.

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dabeeeenster ◴[] No.45385589[source]
This will never happen in the UK.
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1. hn_throw2025 ◴[] No.45387045[source]
Nice crystal ball you have there.

There's a lot of resistance to this because people can see this is the big pill they want you to swallow. Then smaller ones can follow.

You might need digital ID recorded to buy a house. Then a car. Then eventually pretty much anything.

Any legislation allowing the State to link systems via digital ID would be unremarkable and not newsworthy, but the end result could be the Panopticon we are all dreading, or perhaps a toolkit for more hardline governments in the future.

For now, you can sign a Petition [1] against the introduction of Digital ID. In the future, you may need to submit digital ID before signing such a petition (rather than the current email address validation). Imagine what a tool that could be for identifying dissenters and undesirables.

[1] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194