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Patrick Leavy
@patrickleavy@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Good article from the New Scientist detailing the problems with #DigitalID

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835650-100-digital-id-cards-could-be-a-disaster-in-the-uk-and-beyond/

"First, ID cards are always prone to usage creep. And second, they are incredibly easy to hack."

"These cards are proffered as fixes for problems that aren’t problems (it’s not hard to carry my health insurance card) or require a lot more than an ID to solve (immigration is a huge, multifaceted issue)."

Also mentioned is Byron Tau's excellent book Means of Control.

#surveillancecapitalism

New Scientist

Digital ID cards could be a disaster in the UK and beyond

The British government isn't the only one looking to introduce digital ID cards. There is so much to worry about here, not least the threat of hacks, says Annalee Newitz
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