One of the most disgusting creatures ever to walk the earth. A war criminal and good friend to sociopathic oligarchs. Simply seeing his face makes me feel physically sick.
Same. Europe has had citizen ID cards for decades, the problem is not literal ID cards, that's not what he wants.
What this f+×=er wants is tracking and scoring citizens (like China) which is a whole other level of why don't you f off and die already, Blair.
Actually, it's not as daft as it seems. We're blind in the UK on this because of the history of liberalism here, but tech has caused that ship to sail. Tech companies have more information on you than the government, and the gov can just buy that information in an unregulated way.
From there, you get cool stuff like better security for accessing government services, actual immigration statuses that would prevent stuff like the Windrush scandal and better privacy overall.
There's a lot of problems with it. Blair isn't arguing for literal ID cards, Europe has had citizen ID cards for decades, that's not what he wants.
What this f+×=er wants to pave the way into is tracking and scoring citizens (like China) which is a whole other level of messed up.
I hate to say this, but we literally do that already. The government isn't allowed to, but private companies are and do. The history of Equifax is fascinating and well described by Cory Doctorow and was basically "fuck LGBT people". Doing nothing is basically saying you trust Equifax more than gov.
And speaking as a trans Portuguese person in the UK for 13 years, I would not trust the government of TERF island to have my interests at heart when tracking me via "digital" ID and facial recognition, just because.
An ID card system supposes a database of citizens, which by its definition enforces immigration status. If we had gone through the issuing of ID cards, we would have solved the Windrush problem in advance simply by asking who should be issued one is my take on the matter.
But as I noted, that forces valid UK citizens to prove their status in situations - Windrush - where they are unable to because they have no documents for perfectly genuine reasons. You risk alienating a minority to satisfy populists, not to solve a real problem.
And you say "with ID cards, we'd be at least forcing the government to be honest about the information they have on you." But the second does not follow from the first. The government can issue ID cards and still not be honest about their information holdings.
Here's a different take. The start of the period Blair assumed power was at the start of the "information superhighway" / "information society" age in government. Government was absolutely fascinated by the world wide web and wanted to know how to use it...
There are some good reasons for wanting ID cards. Unfortunately, I don't think they will be used for good reasons like ensuring the poor are paid all their benefits, or can vote at all eligible elections or are never houseless. "Papers".
Just posted it - and unless I am mistaken, Thiel appears to be lurking - he already has Palantir in UK
Heck, well I hope it is over quick - can I choose which oligarch I am going to be a serf to? I don't want Thiel as my overloard https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54348456
The money is in the data. A database of your every fart and sniff is a corporate dream for market exploitation, and the government gets to sell it, firm by firm, having taken it in the first place by compulsory registration and minimal financial cost. Money printing at citizen’s expense
I suppose it could be guilt - and not his son's firm, Whitehat became Multiverse, Ooo Peter Thiel turns up.
What a disgusting piece of work Blair Senior is - imo
“We can only defeat populists by giving them the tools they need to monitor and control us when they get in” I a hell of a tale, the window of opportunity to stop the populist / far right rise is rapidly closing and Labour are actively trying to shut it faster!
Two sisters can open each others phones and they are not even twins.
Where is the security in that?
Really!
Where?
Proves to me that face recognition does not work.
Beware, you have been warned.
I dunno something that replaces your driving licences, passport, and assorted other photo ID's that was provided by the government? Sure, on paper at least.
Because it's going so swimmingly for the EU citizens who already rely on a digital ID system post-Brexit to prove their right to reside, work, and generally exist here...
Or indeed NI folk like me whose electoral ID cards are not considered sufficient for a simplified application to view MyCare. 🙄
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/britain-more-surveillance-cameras-per-151641361.html
What this f+×=er wants is tracking and scoring citizens (like China) which is a whole other level of why don't you f off and die already, Blair.
How the heck did Bush get Blair involved in this mess?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf_EQPRf8s0
On the other hand, with ID cards, we'd be at least forcing the government to be honest about the information they have on you.
What this f+×=er wants to pave the way into is tracking and scoring citizens (like China) which is a whole other level of messed up.
Why exactly do you think it would have been easier for them to obtain a digital ID card than the other things they were denied?
God I don't think I've ever hated anyone the way I hate that man.
Heck, well I hope it is over quick - can I choose which oligarch I am going to be a serf to? I don't want Thiel as my overloard
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54348456
What a disgusting piece of work Blair Senior is - imo
https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2024/04/blairs-multiverse-acquires-ai-talent-software-firm-searchlight
We don't all get what we want tho.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54348456
Where is the security in that?
Really!
Where?
Proves to me that face recognition does not work.
Beware, you have been warned.
Or indeed NI folk like me whose electoral ID cards are not considered sufficient for a simplified application to view MyCare. 🙄
Always wants money for nothing, selling data and gambling, non-oil car mileage. A fucking carpet-bagger, a barker of three-card Monte.