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Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
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2hago 1326857 Digital ID 'not a BritCard, and isn't even a card’, says Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander John Swinney referred to the digital ID card as a BritCard because this is term used by the Labour Together thinktank when it produced a report proposing this idea. The submission seems to have influenced government thinking. (See 1.18pm.) But the government is not using this term. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, Douglas Alexander, the Scottish secretary, said: 44 The prime minister will not be announcing a BritCard, it’s not called a BritCard, and it isn’t even a card ... We've got boarding passes, train tickets, Tesco Clubcards on our phones already, and I can be very clear that you won’t be required to carry it or produce it except to prove your right to work in the United Kingdom. So people may be inclined to try to play politics or to try and anticipate what this might or might not be, but I can give the assurance that this is not a card, it is a digital ID.
2hago 1326857 Digital ID 'not a BritCard, and isn't even a card’, says Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander John Swinney referred to the digital ID card as a BritCard because this is term used by the Labour Together thinktank when it produced a report proposing this idea. The submission seems to have influenced government thinking. (See 1.18pm.) But the government is not using this term. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, Douglas Alexander, the Scottish secretary, said: 44 The prime minister will not be announcing a BritCard, it’s not called a BritCard, and it isn’t even a card ... We've got boarding passes, train tickets, Tesco Clubcards on our phones already, and I can be very clear that you won’t be required to carry it or produce it except to prove your right to work in the United Kingdom. So people may be inclined to try to play politics or to try and anticipate what this might or might not be, but I can give the assurance that this is not a card, it is a digital ID.
2hago 1326857 Digital ID 'not a BritCard, and isn't even a card’, says Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander John Swinney referred to the digital ID card as a BritCard because this is term used by the Labour Together thinktank when it produced a report proposing this idea. The submission seems to have influenced government thinking. (See 1.18pm.) But the government is not using this term. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, Douglas Alexander, the Scottish secretary, said: 44 The prime minister will not be announcing a BritCard, it’s not called a BritCard, and it isn’t even a card ... We've got boarding passes, train tickets, Tesco Clubcards on our phones already, and I can be very clear that you won’t be required to carry it or produce it except to prove your right to work in the United Kingdom. So people may be inclined to try to play politics or to try and anticipate what this might or might not be, but I can give the assurance that this is not a card, it is a digital ID.
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Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
Civil liberties groups reacted with concern over the proposals. Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said digital IDs would turn the UK into a “checkpoint society that is wholly unBritish”. “Digital IDs would do absolutely nothing to deter small boats but would make Britain less free, creating a domestic mass surveillance infrastructure that will likely sprawl from citizenship to benefits, tax, health, possibly even internet data and more,” Carlo said. “Incredibly sensitive information about each and every one of us would be hoarded by the state and vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “Starmer has no mandate to force the population to carry digital IDs and millions of us will simply not do it. The cost to the public purse will likely run into the billions, much like Blair’s failed scheme, but the cost to our freedoms would be even more serious. He is making an enormous mistake and should drop the plans sooner rather than later.”
Mark Hughes
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