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Digital ID - NO
Sep. 4th, 2025 02:58 pmOn the back of more censorship like the disastrous Online Safety Act, the mass data breeches (from the Afghan data leak to the Tea app scandal) and people being arrested and even jailed for tweets, and after 5 years of creping surveillance and control, next is the push is for Digital ID in the UK.
No, this is not like your passport number. Yes, there are horrific implications for data breeches and ID theft. Yes, there are horrific implications for privacy, anonymity and freedoms. Call it conspiracy theory but ask yourself this: do you trust this and every subsequent government to access and control every detail of your life and data?
I'm not going to go into detail about the threats but I am going to share this from the Together Declaration (
"By the people, for the people – Together is a grass roots movement fighting to take back democracy, advocating for a better future, shaped by our guiding principles"values statement)
Why A Compulsory Digital ID Card Is Nothing Like Your Passport - And Far More Dangerous
You can click through to Twitter (X) or there's an archived copy: https://archive.ph/gqPGq
The article ends with this summary:
At the Together Declaration website they have a page outlining the need for a Digital Bill of Rights instead of Digital ID with information and tools to help you contact your MP.
No, this is not like your passport number. Yes, there are horrific implications for data breeches and ID theft. Yes, there are horrific implications for privacy, anonymity and freedoms. Call it conspiracy theory but ask yourself this: do you trust this and every subsequent government to access and control every detail of your life and data?
I'm not going to go into detail about the threats but I am going to share this from the Together Declaration (
"By the people, for the people – Together is a grass roots movement fighting to take back democracy, advocating for a better future, shaped by our guiding principles"values statement)
Why A Compulsory Digital ID Card Is Nothing Like Your Passport - And Far More Dangerous
You can click through to Twitter (X) or there's an archived copy: https://archive.ph/gqPGq
The article ends with this summary:
In short:
👉 Your UK passport or driving licence is a bit like a library card - you use it for one specific job, then put it away.
👉 Compulsory digital ID cards could be like a GPS tracker on your life, recording and linking everything you do.
👉 With powerful modern technology, the risks aren’t just bigger than a passport - they’re on a completely different scale…
...and far greater even than the last time Tony Blair tried to impose compulsory ID cards, scrapped in 2010 at a cost of up to £20bn to the taxpayer.
At the Together Declaration website they have a page outlining the need for a Digital Bill of Rights instead of Digital ID with information and tools to help you contact your MP.
