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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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