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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: 2.414s | source
1. kranke155 ◴[27 Sep 25 00:59 UTC] No.45392526[source]▶
The UK is absolutely paranoid about national ID cards and has been for decades. Not sure how that happened tbh seems like the US has a similar allergy.
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2. andrewflnr ◴[27 Sep 25 01:19 UTC] No.45392591[source]▶
We both have governments with a track record of technological incompetence and surveillance overreach. Unfortunately it seems pretty rational to me.