• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    13 hours ago

    In Spain we had digital ID since forever. In Poland we have digital ID since couple of years and having ID was mandatory for decades. There’s nothing Orwellian about it. Just because one shitty government supports some policy doesn’t make this policy bad.

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      12 hours ago

      The problem is that these digital IDs in times of chaos and other things can turn out to be a trap that will not allow you to escape from the system.

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        11 hours ago

        No, oppressive systems are hard to escape with or without digital ID. Digital IDs don’t introduce anything special. By itself they are very convenient. If people don’t want them in UK it’s their issue. It doesn’t change how those IDs are used in other places.