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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: 0.245s | source
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mrob ◴[26 Sep 25 06:38 UTC] No.45383451[source]▶
It's incredibly misleading to call a phone app a "card". This is much worse than it sounds. Am I going to be forced to buy a smartphone? Am I going to be forced to run non-Free software? Am I going to be forced to enter into a restrictive contract with a foreign corporation?
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octo888 ◴[26 Sep 25 06:53 UTC] No.45383546[source]▶
Hah this is the UK. No, it'll be optional to begin with to make people like you asking important questions seem like a whacko. Then once they use propaganda to make people opt into it, and it reaches mass adoption, then it'll quietly be made mandatory - or extremely annoying not to have it
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1. kypro ◴[26 Sep 25 20:36 UTC] No.45390774[source]▶
Yep. It's literally always this way. It's starts with "we hope everyone will do the right thing". To, "it's concerning some people are refusing to do their part". To finally, "do it now or we'll lock you in a cage".