Emeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

You know that a policy is in trouble when not only is it scaled back, but the justification shifts around (searching for something that will *actually* appeal to voters)...

So the UK's Digital ID project was intended initially to deal with the issue of migration, then was going to aid access to benefits, but (Darren Jones, now heading up the project) tells us now it will help reduce populism's appeal.

Yup Digital ID is a solution looking for a problem!

#DigitalID #politics #technology
h/t FT

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@ChrisMayLA6
Even if the specific policy gets shot down, the same trend towards biometric data harvesting will continue in various forms., popping up like heads of the hydra in some insidious game of whack-a-mole.
Apr 9 at 5:13pmWeb
Show threadJen4d ago
@MostlyTato @ChrisMayLA6 see also photo ID for voting (ie, forcing people onto ID databases or be disenfranchised) and online age restrictions (ie, copying ID from everyone proving they're old enough).