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Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workers

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525 points alex77456 | 2 comments | 26 Sep 25 02:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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randerson ◴[26 Sep 25 19:35 UTC] No.45390198[source]▶
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crimsoneer ◴[26 Sep 25 19:54 UTC] No.45390403[source]▶
Crime is literally at all time lows
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logicchains ◴[26 Sep 25 20:14 UTC] No.45390592[source]▶
The number of rapes is at an all time high, increased more than fourfold in the last couple decades: https://www.statista.com/statistics/283100/recorded-rape-off...
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1. boringg ◴[26 Sep 25 21:08 UTC] No.45391042[source]▶
I just overlaid that with the immigration into uk with that chart (both from statista) - charts are disturbingly similar trend. I would hope that its correlation and not causation but its definitely eye opening and kind of concerning.

Assuming statista is a legit data source.

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2. matthewmacleod ◴[26 Sep 25 22:37 UTC] No.45391727[source]▶
I will share with you this site, which will hopefully make a robust point about why you should not do this: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations