Digital ID needs to be resisted, surely?

I shall resist, I don't need to work so won't need one anyway

Sorry, I meant to say that Tony Blair transgendered my hamster.

Don't come in here with your facts and reasoned arguments.

I have digital ID already (I'm from the UK but live in BC, Canada) and can't say I find it terribly concerning. It's pretty convenient.

Digital ID makes fake ID documents unusable (so employers could not longer be duped, or claim to have been duped), and having centralized information (meaning someone's work history, banking history, and use of all government services are linked together) makes it much harder for someone to go undetected. It will also be linked to housing (e.g. landlords will be required to check the digital ID of a prospective tenant).

Basically, it'll mean that to successfully live in the UK without a legal right to do so, someone would need to be entirely "off the grid", as the current workarounds and information gaps will be closed off.

They'll be able to stop us travelling, spending money, driving, working. It is extremely concerning

Have they done this in other countries that have them?

Why would they not want people to spend money or work?

I’m fine with digital ID as plenty of European countries have them.

I wouldn’t be fine with some cunt making a load of money from this, I’m sick of croneyism like we had under the Tories.

publicly funded or FUCK OFF

I’m not keen on the ID issue. If only there was a database that had a list of everyone that paid tax or NI or perhaps has a passport or picture driving licence.

Love the way they haven’t thought about this but if everything is going on to a smart phone & it gets stolen, that’s trouble on a big scale, & as we all know everything can be hacked. By the time this is rolled out (if) tech will be more advanced.

How would digital ID stop illegal immigrants working? The same way not having an NI number or passport stops illegal immigrants working? It will make NO difference.

Does a national ID stop them in France? No it does not.

Our government is dangerous and I have a huge amount of mistrust. 10 years ago, I probably would have thought a national ID card was a decent idea. The digital bit is incredibly worrying

Once everything is linked to digital ID (work. Oassport, driving license etc) and believe me, it will be, there is nothing they can't infiltrate with it. Starmer even said himself it will help climate change and yet people still don't believe it. They'll be able to stop us travelling, spending money, driving, working. It is extremely concerning

The UK does not know the identities of most illegal immigrants living unlawfully in the UK, and can only make best guesses at the numbers. Having a centralized means of data tracking would likely be extremely helpful, and make the UK a far less attractive place to try and illegally work in.

Tony Blair's son (Euan) is not involved with Oracle, who are expected to have a major role.

I don't think there's much truth in your post, OP - you're probably reading BS on social media.

Yes yes of course only from Tiktok. I couldn't possibly think for myself

What do people think it will be used for?

I am stunned that anyone is falling for this. Illegals/illegal working will still go on as they won't have digital ID just as they don't have a national insurance number or passport. Unscrupulous employers will still employ them.
Meanwhile, law abiding citizens will obediently sign up even though we don't need digital ID to solve anything that we've done, because we've done nothing wrong. It absolutely must be resisted. This is the start of something really concerning - social credit anyone? Switching off bank accounts if we do something they don't like or drive too many miles in the name of 'climate change'. Don't say you weren't warned.

OP, unfortunately you won't get a true discussion about this worrying over reach of government on Mumsnet

You are correct.
it’s not a conspiracy theory at all. I can’t quite believe the people who can’t see this for what it is.
Scary.

"Each conspiracy theory is usually only a few months behind the truth."

Do you do your own research? Research that mainly involves tik-tok, youtube, and facebook memes?

Yabu.

You can't switch people off by calling them conspiracy theorists/racist so easily anymore.

Each conspiracy theory is usually only a few months behind the truth.

Oooh yippee - the exact same conspiracy nonsense that we had a thread about yesterday.