The UK government's climbdown over mandatory Digital ID is a victory for ORG and other groups that warned of the threats to everyone's civil liberties.
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The UK government's climbdown over mandatory Digital ID is a victory for ORG and other groups that warned of the threats to everyone's civil liberties.
BUT questions still remain.
Despite this latest U-turn, neither the scheme nor the giant pricetag have gone away entirely.
UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans
Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatory
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights
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The UK government's climbdown over mandatory Digital ID is a victory for ORG and other groups that warned of the threats to everyone's civil liberties.
BUT questions still remain.
Despite this latest U-turn, neither the scheme nor the giant pricetag have gone away entirely.
UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans
Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatory
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights
Even if it's voluntary, Digital ID still creates a surveillance infrastructure.
This could be expanded later on as a requirement to access public services.
As we've seen with eVisas, digitalising interactions with the UK State without physical backups creates serious problems.
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Even if it's voluntary, Digital ID still creates a surveillance infrastructure.
This could be expanded later on as a requirement to access public services.
As we've seen with eVisas, digitalising interactions with the UK State without physical backups creates serious problems.
Our pressure on the government to back down on Digital IDs worked.
But as long as it remains a government project, our data and privacy is at risk. The fight isn’t over.
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#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights
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Even if it's voluntary, Digital ID still creates a surveillance infrastructure.
This could be expanded later on as a requirement to access public services.
As we've seen with eVisas, digitalising interactions with the UK State without physical backups creates serious problems.
@openrightsgroup Absolutely. Why put in the foundations of oppression, just because you vaguely trust the government to not abuse them now? It's a daft trust, anyway. Just look at how terrism surveillance laws were abused to spy on people's refuse habits.
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Even if it's voluntary, Digital ID still creates a surveillance infrastructure.
This could be expanded later on as a requirement to access public services.
As we've seen with eVisas, digitalising interactions with the UK State without physical backups creates serious problems.
@openrightsgroup not only Visas and IDs, but also NHS and defence data https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-can-maga-tech-firm-palantir-be-trusted-to-run-britains-data/
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