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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: 0s | 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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lxgr ◴[26 Sep 25 19:00 UTC] No.45389857[source]▶
What does any of that have to do with an ID card?

Many countries have had ID cards for decades, yet don't have any digital ID system whatsoever.

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array_key_first ◴[26 Sep 25 19:19 UTC] No.45390039{3}[source]▶
Nothing but I thought we were talking about digital id.
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1. lxgr ◴[26 Sep 25 20:20 UTC] No.45390644{4}[source]▶
At least three comment levels up from mine are about ID cards, not digital ID.