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along_the_road@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 5 months ago

All British adults to require a digital ID 'Brit Card'

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All British adults to require a digital ID 'Brit Card'

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along_the_road@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 5 months ago
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The proposals are the government's latest bid to tackle illegal immigration, with the new ID being a form of proof of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.
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  • Deyis@beehaw.org
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    What’s infuriating about this is there already exists forms of ID to verify your right to work in the UK and people employing people without the documentation to prove their right to work in the UK don’t give a shit whether they have the correct documentation.

    This is a complete waste of time and money which can be better spent elsewhere.

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      Maybe the pertinent question is “Where is the money being spent now? Who is supplying the platform?”.

      Follow the money?

  • megopie@beehaw.org
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    Let’s see if it flops just as hard as Blair’s attempt.

  • Hirom@beehaw.org
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    The new digital ID will be held on people’s phones

    It’d be wise to separate digital IDs from expensive tracking devices (smartphones).

    What’s wrong with an actual card with a chip (but no wireless capability) on it?

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      Hard to use when having to ID you on websites

  • Powderhorn@beehaw.org
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    What could possibly go wrong?

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    What about people who can’t afford to have a mobile phone? Or a place to keep it charged? I.e. homeless

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    Is this a brexit all over again? They don’t seem to learn

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    This is also an anti immigration thing

  • Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca
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    Stop electing tories to lead the labour party.

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