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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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codedokode ◴[27 Sep 25 00:22 UTC] No.45392359[source]▶
The point of digital ID might be to add more cases when ID is required in future. One thing if everyone buying a kitchen knife must fill a long form, another thing if they just must tap a phone on the cash register linking knife ID and person's ID. Half of you are already tapping a phone to pay for the items anyway.

One thing is showing a passport to enter the gay bar, another thing is tap a phone and have time, person ID and bar ID recorded. Much faster. Also the mobile application can collect other data from the phone without distracting a user. So much more convenient.

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1. biztos ◴[27 Sep 25 00:58 UTC] No.45392519[source]▶
Once the ban on pointy cutlery is imposed and knife crime gives way to fork crime, you’ll be glad you only have to tap your phone at the pub instead of eating that Sunday Roast with a spoon.