Quote Originally Posted by baggiematt View Post
So surely if you dont have a digital ID card, it can be assumed you arent a citizen. Feels like a good idea to me!
Quite apart from any concerns over Big Brother-esque state control, this would surely be quite a costly thing to introduce though Matt and with no guarantees that those criminal elements with the means of doing so would not find ways around it. Any technology always seems to be in this constant fight between authorised users and those who want to either mis-use those systems or avoid them. If digital IDs were introduced (and the vast number of holders will, of course, be perfectly legit) what is to stop some criminal enterprises hacking into them to extract personal data? I agree that tighter controls are needed but just think that this is not the way to do so. As a society, we already seem over reliant on tech systems rather than physical man (person!) power to solve issues.