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Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months ago

The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app

www.theverge.com

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The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app

www.theverge.com

Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months ago
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You can soon leave your ID at home on a night out.
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  • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    And ofc the app is closed source.

  • trevor (he/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    This kind of thing is an excellent way to bamboozle people into handing authority figures your phone, which is one of the worst things you can do.

    • TurtleTourParty@midwest.social
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      The verge even wrote an article about why you shouldn’t use these ID apps. I’m surprised they didn’t mention it in this one.

      Article: Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    Great. Now I gotta start carrying two phones. My real phone, and a dummy for this dummy app.

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