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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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gadders ◴[26 Sep 25 11:54 UTC] No.45385433[source]▶
Also, please authenticate with your digital ID before posting on social media.
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celticninja ◴[26 Sep 25 12:17 UTC] No.45385633{3}[source]▶
That is not a requirement though. And if it came in I would be against it. So what is your point?
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pjc50 ◴[26 Sep 25 12:19 UTC] No.45385655{4}[source]▶
Yet. This slope looks very slippery in the year of the Online Safety Act.
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ruszki ◴[26 Sep 25 18:06 UTC] No.45389309{5}[source]▶
With your logic, everything can be used, or change to be used in a bad way, so nothing should be changed. There is never a guarantee. Seriously, is there anything which cannot be changed to be shit, in the best case to be a worthless money pit?

Edit: btw this proposal already has something which can be criticised: ID on mobile phones… so probably they’d lock everybody into a duopoly.

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array_key_first ◴[26 Sep 25 19:20 UTC] No.45390049{6}[source]▶
Yes, let's build the nuke and then put it in the center of London with a big red button. But don't worry, nobody will push the button.

Or, proposal B: don't build the nuke.

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1. ruszki ◴[27 Sep 25 00:18 UTC] No.45392339{7}[source]▶
Yes? They can kill half Europe with a single nuclear power plant if they really want. They are safe only for accidents, and external sabotage. They are absolutely not for intentional internal fuck ups. The whole system is built on that most workers there don’t want that. The whole system is built on trust.