PLans to present digital ID card as part of GovernmentEfforts to deal with illegal Migration There is a fast debate between Independent Readers, to divide the opinion almost equally.
recently Our community pole The move was found to be 50 percent in favor, arguing with the card can help reduce the benefits fraud, limiting the nearest flaws and illegal work exploited by the gangs, which see many channels as a major “bridge factor” behind the crossing.
Some people already pointed to the system throughout Europe, saying that Britain was lagging behind in adopting modern security measures.
But 44 percent opposed the idea, warning that it would weaken privacy and civil freedom. Many readers described it as the first step towards the “Dystopian nightmare”, forcing common people to prove their identity to go about daily life.
He argued that digital IDs would not be able to stop small boat crossings and instead punish citizens following the law.
Many comments revealed a deep doubt about whether the government’s attention on the ID card addresses the actual drivers of the migration. Others saw it as another example of politicians arriving for headline policies without dealing with the root causes.
What did you say here:
ID cards work well abroad and protect freedom
I live and work abroad, where ID cards are mandatory and the Civil Liberty seems much better preserved than the UK.
We already have a national insurance number and most a photo driving license, or most of the older generation takes a photo bus pass.
Of course, in search of exploitation of workers, who have to accept less cash-in-hand wages, they want to cry the foul, but if we really want to solve the problem, try to process the claims of the refuge quickly, set up an official route to apply for the refuge, and allow them to work to process their claims.
ID cards make life easier
I would like to keep an ID card in the UK, not to stop illegal stay but because it will make my life so easy. It is mandatory to move ID while staying in Belgium and I can use it for everything – healthcare, banking, tax, travel. This is invaluable. It is very tedious to treat banks and government in Britain … I have had to pay twice in advance to prove my ID while buying a house. I need to remember several sets of passwords to call the bank. I do not think people are very happy to give every aspect of their lives and in this way, but there is not an ID.
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A right, not an obligation
I have a Portuguese National ID card because I was a child and really doesn’t see how I could do most things without it. It also includes my civil ID number, my social security number and my fiscal number, when I start self-employed or company. It is like everything about you on a card. This allows me to travel to all European Union and EEA without the need for passports or borders, even to enter or leave the UK under the Return Agreement of the European Union.
It is the right of a national ID card, not a responsibility. Originally, I was never forced to it, nor to renew it, but without it everything would be difficult.
Not negative
I do not know honestly what is a big deal about carrying ID cards. I live in Europe and have one since the implementation of Brexit. Only when I am asked to show that it is for legal objectives (registering the residence, now on passport control because I am not under the European Union 90/180 Rules), some major (account changes etc.) in the bank, or significant purchases or credit agreements like big purchase or credit agreement.
I can’t think of other circumstances when I have been asked to present it. The police is clearly the weight of the blocks with this, which is completely scared around the state. More convenient than a passport, ID is accepted everywhere in the European Union. I do not see a negative aspect.
They have no business
Under no circumstances will I take an ID card in the peacock.
I will strongly defend my Article 8 Rights for privacy (Human Rights Act). This is why I first got a VPN and why I use email from outside the UK. I am following the law and there is no criminal record, so should me and every other British citizen be considered as a suspect all the time? Linnos, first under Blair and now under the starrer, wants to track everyone at all times, and it is none of their business.
Trust -ISU
If they are used only to reduce crime and prevent fraud, then I have no problem with them. But they can easily be used to monitor the movements or track behavior. And data can be sold to commercial interests. Frankly, now there is an issue of faith between the citizens and the government, and many will be unhappy with the identity card for listed reasons.
Removal of trouble
Standard ID cards will make it very easy. At the moment everyone asks to do something different – usually two forms of ID, each with different lists and requirements. This is such a problem.
Digital ID is a tool for control
Digital ID is a solution looking for a problem. In countries where it is countries like China, Vietnam and North Korea. The reason for this is to be digital rather than physical because everything will be connected – your bank account, your medical record, your ability to travel, what you can do and what you can not buy.
In China it is associated with your “social credit score”. They want to present it so that they can control you. Your freedom to make an option is the “problem” they want to solve.
ID cards will help the elderly
My elderly mother, frill and bed-bound, neither driving license nor passport. He does not have any legal ‘photo ID’, he needs to consult a legal professional who requires identification. An ID card will be ideal.
Mental
The NI number is released at birth. It seems that the suggestion that has been suggested is some form of the ‘document’ that everyone has to take to the guestopo demanding their famous “papers”. The reality is that we live in more dystopian country than our imagination by Orwell in 1984. He did not imagine two-way TV so small that all citizens could be forced to take one with him. The weakness with Big Brother’s technology was that it could only monitor some people at a time. Today’s AI means that everyone’s activities can be constantly monitored. The modern dictator has no need for ID card.
Who is to say that the state will not go to the adrift?
Liberty lies in the disability of the state and its bureaucrats. Of course, if the state is largely philanthropist, ID cards are not a serious problem, but if entered the state, ID cards pose a serious threat to civil rights because state equipment will be more efficient. Who is to say that the state will not go to the adrift? We can see an example abroad right now. Do you trust Faraj?
One regressive step
I am strict against the idea of ​​presenting a digital ID card for someone in the UK. In my view, it would be a regressive step and a major violation of our civil rights. Do we really desire “Big Brother” in this country?
In addition, I have great doubts that widespread fraud and illegal migration will be successfully mentioned by such drunkian measures. In my experience of life, humans will often find flaws around any obstacle in their way.
What do you dislike?
Many European countries have kept them for years without harassing them. It prevents taking a lot of information in various forms. What doesn’t it like about it? And whether it will help with the migration issue or not, it is just a coincidence. This should not be the reason to present them.
We already have enough ID
In my opinion, no. We all have a National Insurance Number (NIC), an NHS number. Many have a second form of a photo card driving license or photo ID. These are enough to prove my identity, in my opinion.
ID will not be able to stop fraud or illegal migration
Most frauds are being persuaded to transfer money to others to others, and it is not really possible to see how any ID system can change it. It is also really difficult to see how such a system can reduce “illegal” migration. Those who work without investigating the legal status will have no doubt that this continues to do so.
Handmade tail trick
Government wants Digital ID card – even those they can update, without telling you. And of course it will be a everything card: a separate driving license, or senior citizen bus pass is not required. All this is fine until the government does the story of a handmade and decides to cancel the rights of some groups that it does not like. This can do on the touch of a keyboard in the whitehall. This can change your sex, or remove your NHS number, or can make you unqualified to vote, or cancel your driving license. No thanks.
Keep it physical, not digital
As long as it is a physical card (like my driving license), I am happy to get an ID card because my phone is so old that I could not do an electronic version on it. Some people may say update my phone, but as it is not broken and I can use it to call, I don’t need to change it.
A written constitution will provide security
Britain should formulate a written constitution that can only be replaced after a general election on this issue, provided that there is a bilateral double two-thirds majority to change it. Ensure the obligations and rights of the state and people in the constitution. In this way people’s rights will be protected and the roll-out of an ID card cannot threaten those rights.
Some comments have been edited to this article for brevity and clarity.
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