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BritCard ID Now Mandatory — What Happens if You Refuse? (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Failure to present a BritCard when required may result in denial of employment, housing, or access to certain services. Employers and landlords will be legally obligated to verify status through the system, and failure to do so may result in fines or penalties.

While enforcement details are still emerging, civil liberties groups warn that the scheme could disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Those without smartphones, digital literacy, or stable housing may struggle to access or maintain their digital ID, potentially pushing them further into the margins of society.

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, let’s see. The UK wants mandatory ID because today you can walk in to an hospital and get $100,000 of free healthcare without even proving you are entitled to it. And you can maybe work without paying taxes. And you move freely and safely anywhere in the country.

In the US, if you do not have proof of citizenship on you at all times (and maybe even if you do), you may be snatched off the street, detained, and perhaps even sent to a foreign prison all without due process of any kind.

Wow, now that I say it out loud, you are right. The UK sounds like a hell-hole.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

It’s not a contest.

Well. Not a good one.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Well, let’s see. The UK wants mandatory ID because today you can walk in to an hospital and get $100,000 of free healthcare without even proving you are entitled to it.

the healtcare does not cost that much in the UK, because we/they don't have idiotic "insurance" companies driving up the prices to make one OTC pill that should cost 30cents cost 400 dollars.