Do Brits generally approve of the new compulsory national digital ID?

The new digital armed forces veteran card seems to have been released at an opportune time.

Let's get the old folks that we owe a debt of gratitude to invested in the digital ID system, then it would seem churlish for the rest of us to whinge.

Or was there another reason for the timing?
(they can choose digital or card for now)

It’s not, it’s in store pick up at Waitrose, Superdrug and TK Maxx, also at our local Evri pick up.

Great idea if they could be certain the information was safe. The problem is …. They can’t!

The system will cost a bloody fortune and then be a huge target for hackers.

Which courier is that?

Because I can use it straightaway when asked instead of waiting till institutions decide what they will accept instead. I’m a charity trustee and just been asked for it as we want amend our bank details with a service supplier. It never used to be a problem till recently, usually a birth certificate and proof of address would suffice. I don’t travel abroad and will have to apply for a new driving licence when I’m 70 in 3 years so don’t see why I should have to do it twice.

It’s impossible to survive in modern society without photo id. You even need it to pick up a parcel!

And why can’t that pp get one if they need it rather than a whole system most people don’t want.

Which begs the question if you have survived this long without photo ID why do you suddenly need it now?

i cant wait to get one as I don’t have any photo ID

It’s a good question. The government has already provided me with a Government Gateway ID, a UTR (a unique Tax Reference), a NI number, a Passport number, an NHS number, a National Savings number, a council tax reference number and Driving licence number.

All other organisations are happy with a passport and / or driving license, and occasionally a utility bill. If the government can’t do what it wants with the information they already have under all of those, how’s a digital ID going to improve things for me?

They are necessary for CBDCs, which in turn are necessary for social credit scoring.

And I, and many others, do not want either.

The question we should be asking is what will it achieve?

I cannot see the point of them when we already have passports, driving licenses and NI numbers.

The biggest issue will be the Government's competency in procuring a system that actually works, because it won't scope it correctly, it won't lock the design and it will perpetually move the goal posts.

There is zero chance of a functioning system being in place by the end of this Parliament - and the overspend will be enormous.

Lets not forget that the following failures:

The Department of Health wasted £10bn on the National Programme for IT in the NHS, then canned it.
The £1bn System to pay benefits via a card was canned without delivering anything
The Post Office spent £600m on Horizon - and we know how that panned out. This is also a stark reminder of what happens when you put in a system and people believe its infallible...
The Home Office project for nine purpose-built regional control centres linked by a new IT system cost £469m, took seven years and delivered nothing
The £9.3bn communications system for police, ambulance and fire services, was late, £3.1bn over budget [49%] and may never work as originally intended
A prisons IT system escalated from £234m to £690m and even then the National Audit Office described the system as “ultimately unsuccessful”
The MoDs Defence Information Infrastructure should have cost £2.3bn. It turned out to be £7.1bn

And they are just the ones I have come across... I think we are safe from actually being forced to have a digital ID any time soon :)

Finding it impossible to load videos warning about digital ID? That in itself is a warning. Is somebody trying to hide something? There were not many videos about the harms of lockdown. How convenient.

Finding it impossible to load videos warning about Digital ID.

So rather than posting links I suggest you visit Black Belt Barrister and Miles Harris both on YouTube.

Important information for those who see the risks of Digital ID and wish to avoid it.

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If it makes the tax cheats who want to chant outside hotels sweat for a bit, them let them worry about it, I say.

It's undoubtedly a response to the flag shaggers rioting in the streets and hanging flags all over the rough areas of every town.

They wanted something to prove their status as Brits, so here it is.

Now they are all sad because so many of them work cash in hand and they're worried they might finally have to pay proper tax.

That's my reading of it.

The ID is to simplify proving who YOU are - it doesn't mean all your data is linked to your ID so anyone can access it. YOU can access your information. GDPR rules mean other people generally can't. The ID will simply contain:

• name
• date of birth
• information on nationality or residency status
• a photo

This is the bit I need help with. It all sounds a bit too conspiracy-theory-ish. Surely this is misuse of data?!

No lots of people do not approve and I can't see it going ahead

They have said they will do a consultation:

We will launch a public consultation in the coming weeks and work closely with employers, trade unions, civil society groups and other stakeholders, to co-design the scheme and ensure it is as secure and inclusive as possible. Following consultation, we will seek to bring forward legislation to underpin this system.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Well at a very basic level in those countries the police have a right to ask you for ID and you are obliged to comply. Failure to comply can result in detention. In the UK the police have no right to ask you for ID unless they believe you have committed a crime. I see no reason why a member of of the public going out their business needs to justify that to anyone. Particularly given the level of misuse of power already present in the UK police, and an increasingly authoritarian government!

I think it’s a great idea.

The petition has had a response.

Basically the government have said "tough shit we're introducing it". They have said it won't be compulsory, but will be required for several things such as the right to work. Employers will have to do "right to work checks" therefore anyone wanting to work in the UK will need to have one.

I feel fuming as would like them to have at least acknowleged the huge number of signatures the petition gained and the clear outcry for a proper consultation on the matter.