Comment on UK officially rolls out digital ID scheme, to combat illegal migrants working.

Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TWeaK@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s worse than that.

  You have to run a government app on your phone. The tracking device in your pocket that goes with you everywhere, that must run government code.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I trust an app made by the British government than anyone else. Hopefully they don’t subcontract it out. The British government has been known for making some things FOSS, like gov.uk

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    • Tamo240@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Of course they won’t make it in house, they’ll contract some company to do it as cheap as possible, and it will run like hot garbage and probably have a tone of bugs and security vulnerabilities.

      Remember the track and trace app they spent £10 Billion on?

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ironically the Northern Ireland track and trace app was fine… A bit ridiculous how that app was devolved

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• Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You already had to do that. Birth ceet passport etc

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  • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s sort of my point, this doesn’t solve a problem that isn’t already solved.

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  • TWeaK@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but you have those as physical objects. This is an app you must run on your phone.

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    • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I look forward to not installing it on my non Android/apple phone

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    • Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Better get a burner phone or something that sandboxes, brits.

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