What are your concerns about a potential Digital ID?

Hello, I completely agree with those who believe that coercion is not the way to go.😥

I don't have a smart phone, can't afford one, wouldn't even know how to set one up and how to go about paying some service so I can go online with it.

I have a basic rule that nothing significant is on my phone. I won't put my bank stuff on there, I never use it to make payments, and don't even use the nhs app on it. If it were to be stolen, all that someone would get would be a lot of pictures of random plants…:)

At my workplace, most all departments have gone digital, so we spent a LOT OF TIME signposting people with no internet access/computer understanding/no ability to use phones (and often we can't actually resolve the issue, because there are no options). We are not trained to handle most of these enquiries to resolution, nor do we have access to secure databases that would be needed to resolve them - but we are the only face to face staff, and so we do what we can.

This has taught me that there are a LOT of people who can't use phones or computer devices, not just disabled people. A LOT. I am sure the digital ID scheme fails equality legislation on more grounds than just disability.

And that's before you get into human rights, privacy and the risk of databases being hacked…

89 million mostly inactive and fraudulent bank accounts if you read and believe everything on the Internet

By the Facebook posts, Starmer still pushing it. He getting desperate.

my old blackberry does not support apps these days

last time I went shopping I noticed how many children and young people were all talking and walking while on their phones. They do t even look when stepping into traffic. The grunt of you speak to them.

I think that this generation would have a meltdown without internet and social media.
Keep it for me. I dont need or want it. Whatever happened to talking face to face instead of fake friends on line, so many likes etc.

it could be an issue if your phone ran out of charge?

Also it won’t help those with mobility or visual ussues. In fact, this could be a simple case of discrimination for those mentioned.

There are already companies offering non government but recognised by those places with age identification being needed. Maybe they should consider one plastic card. This could have health conditions - emergency contact details, ID. I’m also thinking it could act as a library card, possibly if all libraries would link together you could borrow something from one county and return it to a different one.

• in addition drivers license
• Other details- if security cleared or similar.
• Bus passes, rail cards.
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  It may be better to do something like that instead and bring all important cards into one plastic card which may be more acceptable for everyone.
  

I see Amazon have jumped on the bandwagon. Today I was asked for driving licence,national id card or residence permit. **** I dont need a BRP I was born here. As for residence permit I don’t need one of those and not everyone has a driving licence.

spoke with my bank and they have informed me of if I upload my identification along with my credit card they will not be responsible if I am hit with fraud. The bank were very clear on this.

they have just introduced this to verify a persons account. Santander bank did it to me the other week as well.

Seriously who in the uk has an ILR permit or residency permit let alone a work permit if born here.