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• Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Our plan to stop people working illegally, is to require them to provide ID to their employer and if they don’t they’re breaking the law!

  Absolute idiocy.

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  • TWeaK@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You already had to do that. Birth ceet passport etc

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    • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This won’t stop immigrant employment. It just means they’ll be paid in cash under the table.

  Will UK be requiring an ID to get medical care? That might make a dent there, but it’s a mixed bag because people who don’t get care spread illness. Especially bad during pandemics.

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There will be no requirement for individuals to carry their ID or be asked to produce it

  Sounds like it’s just an internet account?

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• Charzard4261@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If only we already had physical identification that proves we have the right to work. We could call it a pass-document! Then we don’t need to tie it to your phone which is much more likely to be stolen. /S

  FFS. I’ve been trying to avoid engaging with politics on lemmy but every time I learn about something good Labour’s done (renter’s rights, recycling changes) they announce something stupid to compensate (mandatory age verification, this and whatever the hell “AI” nonsense they’re doing).

  I’m just so tired, man.

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  • Hippcelt@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If only we already had physical identification that proves we have the right to work I donno why we don’t make the N.I card have a photo on it. I thought that would be quite handy.

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• Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Were they ever asked how this would have any effect on illegal immigration?

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  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do you think they give a shit?

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• hellfire103@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Fuck.

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