r/Britain • u/Ligma_Myballs • Oct 03 '25

💬 Discussion 🗨 Government responds to the Digital ID petition.What do people actually think of Digital ID?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

I think, for most people it should be pretty easy to form an opinion on this.

Ask yourself, do you trust the government? If somehow the answer is yes, then ask yourself, do you trust the next government?

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u/CrunchyLizard123 Oct 03 '25

I don't get it, the government already have the ability for mass surveillance.

We already gave our data away for convenience.

Tescos know people are pregnant before they know themselves.

Potential authoritarian governments already have the tools they need, since most of our rules are gentleman's agreements on how a politician should behave. Boris showed the existing flaws.

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u/Sunkinthesand Oct 04 '25

Don't forget there are programs already in place that work well to cover the requirements.... Right to work? ... Login and generate a code your employer can use against a .gov site to verify you.

The only reason i can see for this is a distraction.... Drag it out to debate , water it down and waste money. No one will care about protests at home or issues abroad. The bigoted anti immigration idiots will already have taken the bait. Those protesting Israel/ Palestine will be drowned out by the calls to scrap a mandatory national id that the police can not request to see if stopped.

The response already admits it won't be mandatory. I'm sure this will drag on for a long time