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Why do people have such trust that a national ID won't be misused to further erode personal privacy? I have no idea why this policy is seen as at all positive.
(Any responses along the lines of "you've already lost your privacy" or "the government already has the data" won't convince me. There wouldn't be a push for a national ID if the scheme could be built out of the data the government already have)
Polish ID's are slready digital. The question is whether you want to have it in-app or not. Also the gov bent over backwards so we can essentially do 80% of stuff online - from taxes to forms, most things can easily get done online. And why gov likes it? It reduces amount of workers and headline, because a lot can be automated, and also ensures more people will bother with shit because it's easier.
In the UK, which I had assumed this article was targeted at convincing as the Guardian is a UK paper, we already have a very good online government portal for taxes, driver licenses, car registration, and loads of other things.
Taxes use your national insurance number. Drivers license things use your licence number. Car tax uses the car registration number. Not unified. Works fine.