Digital ID cards again in the UK

[MichSwampbuck]

They just want to know how often you tug on your tally whacker because shaking the dew off more than twice is playing with it.

[rickymouse]

So, if someone can go close to you and get the information off your credit card with your phone, wouldn't it be possible if the government could build a highly sensitive way of identifying somone with a digital ID from maybe twenty feet away with the technology that exists today.  Maybe even fifty feet from a camera. 

It could be good for crime prevention to identify all the people in the area of a sensor, possibly the sensor could be in the location of a camera too....But on the other hand, it could be an overreach of government too, if you are in the vacinity of a crime or even a protest, they could possibly identify everyone there, and you could be there just as a coincidence...wrong place at the wrong time. 

They can do this with phones too, but not everyone has a phone that is tied to an account, burner phones are easy to come by.  Most people might not think of this, and possibly it only shows an association to a crime or other event, but it can be used against a person if someone does not see eye to eye with them. 

Hackers will figure out how to hack into someone's digital ID within a short timeframe too.  Nothing is hackproof.

[andy06shake]

[bastion]

It seems like Starmer is desperate to kill off what little support he had; or so out of touch he thought this would win back voters instead of putting the final nail in his political career.

It's a terrible idea that doesn't solve any of the problems - forgers will quickly learn how to cheat the system and/or hack it to steal IDs of dopplegangers. Places employing illegal immigrants/workers aren't interested in checking documentation.

[GENERAL EYES]

Photoshop isn't that hard to learn, and forgery is big business.

[tellmethesecrets]

It seems like Starmer is desperate to kill off what little support he had; or so out of touch he thought this would win back voters instead of putting the final nail in his political career.

I get the impression he really doesn't care, he knows we are stuck with him for the next four years so may as well do what the hell he wants in the meantime!

[Rigel4]

Already dead in the water thanks to online petitions.. it will quietly get dropped , same as last time.

[SurferSoul]

People will always find a way putnam6.

If they were to ban cash money.

They would most likely go back to using the likes of gold and silver.

Regarding ""off the book"" transactions.

The reason why Bitcoin is so big is that amongst other things it’s used for buying and selling illegal goods and services. No need for gold and silver in a cashless society. The black market is absolutely massive, Bitcoin has become the staple because it’s anonymous and virtually untraceable.

[SurferSoul]

Already dead in the water thanks to online petitions.. it will quietly get dropped , same as last time.

Or just reintroduced at a later date like last time… Or maybe rename and repackage it, how about the Freedom Pass? Or Benefits Bonus Card? They just need the right sales pitch a people will be queuing up for it.

[Ray1990]

It's a ridiculous proposition really, as a lawyer this out of touch prick should know fine well that coppers can't demand ID without very good reason just like legally the government is not supposed to keep identifying databases on non criminals.

This would cost 10's of billions to be implemented in any way that's actually useful all whilst he and his cabinet go on like utter morons about saving money.

If government and public servants can prove without a shadow of a doubt that the systems they already have access to are not compromised and are not being used dishonestly nor illegally then their little ID plan will get my thumbs up.

It'll help the tax man a lot and at the end of the day the average fella is cheating him on pennies, let them track everything I say because they're the ones fucking around with the pounds.

Honestly? He's trying his best to be a dick since he had to stop all the freebies politicians are known to get.