Poll: DIGITAL ID - It's coming *** NO GENERAL POLITICS TALK - ONE AND ONLY WARNING ***

[Cromulent]

Seems like a good solution.


rp2000

Nope. It'll just push people to use Tor instead which will make the problem worse.

 

[rp2000]

Nope. It'll just push people to use Tor instead which will make the problem worse.

I thought (by reading the OSA thread) that most people's beef was uploading different forms of ID to different (shady) companies for verification? If it's all done by the Government, it's a better solution, in that respect. The tor issue will exist with any form of identification to use online services on the public web.


rp2000

 

[Uther]

There is a minor problem, my phone is exceedingly dumb and would be unlikely to be able to produce my ID.

You're gonna get deported mate.

 

[Uther]

Starmer will be out by the time this comes.

That's alright, the next lot will bring it in.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Some of the responses here would be funny if they were not serious.

I recommend Baco, it’s nice and thick.

 

[Rotty]

Well I can see some upside of the compulsory ID thing, I could do with a new knock off tele and some cheap trainers

 

[dacads]

That's alright, the next lot will bring it in.

Don't see the other parties being in support of it? Unless I'm mistaken

Now he seems to be doing as much damage as possible before leaving/forced out

 

[Rotty]

 

[Darkpilgrim]

Can't see this happening anytime soon.

 

[sgavan]

Anyone else expect this to be announced, planned for the next 2-5 years, goes millions over budget and multiple court cases costing more money and then being cancelled. All at the tax payers expense again. Otherwise known as a government project

 

[Rotty]

Can't see this happening anytime soon.

Maybe it's just to give him something to blame for things after it gets shot down, deflect things from himself

 

[Bear]

Some of the responses here would be funny if they were not serious.

I recommend Baco, it’s nice and thick.

To be fair, if Reform get in, I wouldnt put it past those idiots to do something untoward with it

 

[Rotty]

Anyone else expect this to be announced, planned for the next 2-5 years, goes millions over budget and multiple court cases costing more money and then being cancelled. All at the tax payers expense again. Otherwise known as a government project

be more surprised if anyone expected this not to be what happens

 

[Noxia]

I don't care. What additional info will they have that isn't already on my passport, driving licence etc etc. boomer bait, conflicted because it will help stop the immigrants! But it infringes in my 'privacy'

 

[Darkpilgrim]

Maybe it's just to give him something to blame for things after it gets shot down, deflect things from himself

This is it exactly, he is just trying to distract from awful couple of weeks\months he has had.
it will never come to anything.

 

[Rroff]

I thought (by reading the OSA thread) that most people's beef was uploading different forms of ID to different (shady) companies for verification? If it's all done by the Government, it's a better solution, in that respect. The tor issue will exist with any form of identification to use online services on the public web.


rp2000

No one wants that level of connection between their ID and online activity, even completely legal stuff, and especially not by a random collection of companies, the government handling it doesn't make it much better. And then it leads to increasing scope creep where you "need" to use that ID for wider and wider purposes.

 

[steve_c]

Some of the responses here would be funny if they were not serious.

I recommend Baco, it’s nice and thick.

If you can’t see how this opens up abuses further down the line, you’re missing the bigger picture.

We already know how incompetent governments are with data security, and how corrupt some politicians can be — a recent French president was jailed for conspiracy, after all. Are you really comfortable entrusting all your personal data to people like that?

Look at the recent law change requiring ID just to view adult content online — that’s exactly how ‘optional’ systems quickly become compulsory gateways.

Once a digital ID exists, it’s trivially easy to link it to financial access, travel, healthcare, or even online speech. That’s an enormous amount of control concentrated in a single system. And history shows that powers created ‘for convenience’ rarely stay that way.

No foil required.

 

[Feek]

Couldn’t care less about this, don’t see an issue

 

[mattyfez]

The really funny thing, is people have no problem what so ever giving all this stuff to (checks notes) Mark Zuckerberg, et.al. ... what the hell do they think they/he's doing with the data they freely hand over without even realising it?

Talk about trying to close the barn door after the horses have bolted

 

[steve45]

Will be interesting to see how they approach this from a no smartphone perspective.
Ultimately I'm actually not anti the National ID thing. If this is something that can be implemented so that its attached to your License/Passport or something and not forced to have a smartphone app. Unless that is if they want to pay and provide said phone and contract. More principle of it being mandatory then they should be responsible for the provisioning of the capability.

What is mildly concerning, is what may be starting off with reasonable intentions, ends up overstepping in the future. Also its a case of pandoras box when its out the box there is no putting it back in.

Whilst not political as yet, I suspect this will very much end up in SC at some point.