Digital Identity

[SpellowHouse]

This topic seems to have popped up again recently.

Here is just one article about it...

Blair sparks anger with plan for every Briton to get a 'digital ID'

The former prime minister, together with ex-Tory leader William Hague, has called on the Government to introduce a digital ID that people can have on their phones.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I really see a need for companies to be to identify customers when they are paying for goods, logging in to accounts and so on.

There is a huge problem with identity theft at the moment and companies are becoming bogged down with security, not to mention the fact that customers are having to jump through more and more hoops to try to keep them satisfied. The number of security questions and steps is getting ridiculous.

As I recently found out, it can be a major inconvenience trying to prove who you are, and heaven help you if your passport has expired and the photo on your driving licence is out of date!

ID cards don't fulfil that need. The companies themselves seem unwilling to act. Much as though I am a huge fan of privacy, I do see the need for a digital ID.

What are your thoughts?

 

[SpellowHouse]

I'm curious, how much voter fraud is there in the UK?

Very serious. In a recent check, it turned out that 99% lied through their teeth to get elected.

 

[SpellowHouse]

Yeah, the UK population does seem a weird in this regard. In Spain for example, you can't do anything without an DNI/NIE (a bit like a national insurance number). Can't open bank account, can't take out insurance, it's asked when ordering things online, can't even receive some deliveries. The Spanish are very private, yet no-one is worried about the government snooping on things people are doing.

And yet we happily give all our information to the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google, yet we have almost no clue what they do with our data.

I really don't see why people have issue with us digitising certain documents and information. I don't care about crime prevention but I do care about the increasing difficulty we have with online activity. Everything is electronic now, yet we still rely on driving licences and passports to prove who we are. That's nuts.