The ID card system and database provides the required platform for a social credit system. It comes down to your faith in the government - of whatever party, going forward - to resist the temptation … (View Post)

I wonder just how much thought the government has given to people who are visually impaired and can't use a smartphone. None, I suspect. (View Post)

There's undoubtedly an authoritarian tendency among British politicians and large parts of the civil service. That's why comparisons the pro-ID card faction make with places like Estonia are worthles… (View Post)

Correct, this is a 'next government' policy. I'd assume 8-10 years to get the system functional enough to make the cards compulsory for employment. 4 years from now it'll still be sufficiently early … (View Post)

I'm vociferously against them in principle, but 30 years working in IT means I'm also very aware of how having a giant central database of the personal details of everyone in the country is a colossa… (View Post)