First they ask for your date of birth,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your full name and location,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a copy of your passport,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your facial scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your fingerprints,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for your palm scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for a scan of your iris,
but later they claim it's not enough.

Then they ask for ...

#MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

in reply to Stingray's Badger Friend

@StingrayBadger I'm not 100%, but I think palantir have already got our NHS data.

I suspect starmer/blair dropped their plan for enforcing a phone based ID app on us, not bc of the opposition by the general public, but bc they realised 'there's more than one way to skin a cat'.

For instance: combine local authority data with NHS data, and then add in passport data which includes facial recognition and finger prints if you travel in the EU, and your ID is complete whatever!

in reply to pibert π

@Pibert The Worldcoin stuff is already being used, very regrettably: privacyguides.org/articles/202…
in reply to Em

... you to turn off your VPN and try again.

Sweden is one of the countries that has a semi-government digital id (known as BankID). Initially it was just used for government and bank interactions but it has slowly seeped into basically everything. The other day I just wanted to check what homework was due for my kid (which shouldn't even require a log in since it isn't sensitive). When identifying, with said e-id, I was told to turn off my VPN and try again...

It geo-tracks too.

in reply to Fredrik Bülow

@Fredrik Bülow @Em of course, all gov sites where you need to log in out of "safety" I know.
But I crypted my DNS from router.. and they bite that to resolve my ISP, voila.
Also my VPN using Wireguard works well suffise to set the proxy at your area/Country.
It's in the obfuscation method in a VPN that does the magic.
And my VPN is Swedish on top.