Reply With QuoteSeems like a very political issue!!Originally Posted by amnesia
Not sure how this slipped under the radar... maybe because the original article is behind a paywall on The Times website.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/401...-cards-britons
Anyway... good or bad ?
(remember, no politics in G&D please)
Seems like a very political issue!!
Open the link, find the subject is tagged 'Government'.
First two words of headline 'Downing St.'.
First name mentioned 'Dominic Cummings'
Take your own advice, why don't you?
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Jim.
Maybe he forgets?
The post is about digital ID, not politics...
in the same way that GCHQ is a security organisation, not a political institution.
I admire your trust in the membership OP, but there's no way this thread should be in the G&D.
Maybe ask Eddie to get it moved. Otherwise he'll have to clean it up later.
^^^^ This.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Tsk, you're obsessed with getting off the ground.
Abort! Abort!
I fell for this one around 10 years - they touted digital ID cards as a replacement for the passport in Europe.
I was travelling extensively for work at the time, and it seemed like a grand idea - what could possibly go wrong.
I recall going to central Manchester, having the interview and paying my £20 or so.
Six months later, the whole damn scheme was axed - I never did get my money back.
Maybe I get a free ID card this time round !
Just about every country in Europe has a national identity card, can’t see what the problem is?
i would rather have one as it’s handy for I.D instead of carrying a passport around (i don’t have a U.K. driving licence)
Didn't take long.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Identity cards - absolutely. Digital identity cards - no way on God's green earth!
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Unfortunately any new ID will be computerised in one way or another. I would not be surprised if it also incorporated other items, like your NI number, driver's licence (and point status), etc.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Well , if Tony Blair is throwing his weight behind it , what could possibly be bad about it ?
Why do you carry a passport around? Do you need ID that often?
I don't mind having an ID card. What I don't want is for it to be law that you have to carry it at all times.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I can’t help feeling they are inevitable, but there is also a lot of potential pitfalls.
It will need careful planning and even more careful oversight.
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Gov't IT system with ALL details linked centrally... yeah, nothing to go wrong there!!
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Wrong forum - let's take this elsewhere.
I concur Martyn.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
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