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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: 0.286s | source
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jjgreen ◴[26 Sep 25 11:08 UTC] No.45385121[source]▶
Before the election I was approached by a bubbly young woman who tried to persuade me to vote Labour: "No thanks, last time I did that they tried to introduce ID cards", "But that's not in our manifesto" she replied, "It wasn't the last time I voted for them either".

It gives me no pleasure to be right on this.

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celticninja ◴[26 Sep 25 11:37 UTC] No.45385315[source]▶
Could you explain what it is you find so distasteful about ID cards?

I mean if you have a passport then you already have an 'ID card', but I certainly don't want to take that out with me to prove my age.

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jjgreen ◴[26 Sep 25 11:42 UTC] No.45385353[source]▶
Could you please give me your real name "celticninja", your phone number, your address, your NI number -- oh, and you'll need to install this app on your phone which I promise will never be used to monitor your location, purchases, friends. Then I'll explain.
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tpxl ◴[26 Sep 25 12:10 UTC] No.45385574[source]▶
> Could you please give me your real name "celticninja", your phone number, your address, your NI number

The police can and will request this information from you, digital ID or not. If you have actual beef with digital ID, present it.

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pjc50 ◴[26 Sep 25 12:19 UTC] No.45385650[source]▶
They can certainly ask, but at the moment can they jail you simply for not answering?
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1. GeoAtreides ◴[26 Sep 25 17:10 UTC] No.45388767[source]▶
yes. yes they can.

They'll invoke one of the more ambiguous sections, it's usually the anti-terrorism one, but sometimes is the anti-drugs one (i can't remember the numbers), and they'll detain then arrest you and haul you to the police station.

You can complain later, and maybe get some pounds out of it, but make no mistake: if the uk police wants you identified, they will identify you.