Of all the policies they opt to roll back they pick that?
This always seemed more like a streamlining effort for which much of the processes already exist (e.g. EUSS already uses pure online docs). Gov already has all that info.
Meanwhile the crazy shit like sending facial scans and passports to random ass websites that will most certainly face data leaks seems have gotten comparatively little public backlash.
Starting to think the public just doesn't know what is being talked about & is latching on to simpler more self-contained concepts like gov ID.
Also the UK gov is notorious for departments not having an ability to correlate records, because they databases just don't align. Meaning every single process takes weeks to complete with actual human intervention.
Good in that I'm disappointed it was ever gonna be a thing. Especially since they probably had some disgustingly expensive parasite private contractor lined up to do the ids.
WE ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS LICENSES. Just like when I was living in NZ we had the HANZ 18+ card, they can do similar in UK. In fact a provisional drivers license is easy to apply for and the system is already set up to take applications, make the cards etc.
British citizens seem perfectly fine with government wasting money tho. Doesn't matter which political party either, they're all inept cocks.
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This always seemed more like a streamlining effort for which much of the processes already exist (e.g. EUSS already uses pure online docs). Gov already has all that info.
Meanwhile the crazy shit like sending facial scans and passports to random ass websites that will most certainly face data leaks seems have gotten comparatively little public backlash.
Starting to think the public just doesn't know what is being talked about & is latching on to simpler more self-contained concepts like gov ID.
Digital ID was a bridge for all of that
WE ALREADY HAVE DRIVERS LICENSES. Just like when I was living in NZ we had the HANZ 18+ card, they can do similar in UK. In fact a provisional drivers license is easy to apply for and the system is already set up to take applications, make the cards etc.
British citizens seem perfectly fine with government wasting money tho. Doesn't matter which political party either, they're all inept cocks.
Not everybody can get a driving license. A provisional isn't "easy" in the slightest, especially for a lot of the population.