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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards (petition.parliament.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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Finally something to unite the nation under 🤣

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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I completely agree with not wanting the UK to be China.

But I do see these as separate things - the same issues you describe could be done with driving licences, if someone was mad enough to try.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No they can't because we use them for different things. One ID means one system that tracks everything. Also, you don't have to have a passport. You don't have to have a driving license. Everybody needs an NI number to work, but it's not an ID (No photo, DOB, etc).

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago*

    This is a perfect explanation. They could make a national insurance photocard if they'd like. Maybe have police require that you present it within a timeframe. It's the same with driving- you can drive without your licence photocard in the car, you just have to drop into a police station within two weeks if you haven't presented it when asked.

    If you even had National Insurance photocards with just the number and a picture, you could just have the employers store them on premise.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago

    No it won't work. Plenty of people don't have driving licences. This would systemically exclude many blind and disabled from participating in society. Driving licence photocards don't even have any chips in them, nor a machine-readable zone.

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