Em 13h ago

First they ask for your date of birth,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your full name and location,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a copy of your passport,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your facial scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your fingerprints,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your palm scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a scan of your iris,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for ...

#MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

Show threadOyu F'ka11h ago

@Em0nM4stodon I don't know if you are in the UK, but I can tell you 'they' do not ask for any piece of data.

I discovered last week that my local authority, (RCT), has handed all their council tax data for each household over to a third party data management company, and surprise, surprise....all this data is stored in the AWS cloud, no doubt searchable with AI.

We're already trapped....🤨.

Show threadStingray's Badger Friend10h ago

@Oyu_Fka @Em0nM4stodon

Or the government bring in #Palantir to manage your #NHS data, sharing all your health records with the US and more

Show threadOyu F'ka9h ago

@StingrayBadger @Em0nM4stodon I'm not 100%, but I think palantir have already got our NHS data.

I suspect starmer/blair dropped their plan for enforcing a phone based ID app on us, not bc of the opposition by the general public, but bc they realised 'there's more than one way to skin a cat'.

For instance: combine local authority data with NHS data, and then add in passport data which includes facial recognition and finger prints if you travel in the EU, and your ID is complete whatever!

Show threadnumanumayey

@Oyu_Fka @StingrayBadger @Em0nM4stodon

in all likelihood they stopped it because a phone based ID assumes everyone is capable of working a smartphone to begin with.

that in turn requires you to somehow stump up the cash to get a phone and a SIM contract...

...which requires an income far larger than the informal economy is willing to part with.
which means right-to-work checks which means a phone-based ID you don't have...

see the problem here?

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Show threadOyu F'ka4h ago

@breathOfLife @StingrayBadger @Em0nM4stodon Yes, the phone ID was obviously not fit for purpose...at least the purpose they claimed it was intended to be used for - that was just a way of distracting the public from their real intentions to exert greater control on the individual.

I don't believe they have genuinely abandoned the plan....as I said, there's more than one way to skin a cat - look how israel ID's every individual Palestinian based on facial recognition, lol!

Show threadOyu F'ka4h ago
@breathOfLife @StingrayBadger @Em0nM4stodon Just call me 'Captain Paranoid', lol!