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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by robin_reala on Sunday August 26, 2018 @05:14PM (#17847958)
That applies to absolutely anything a government could decide to want to do though. If you want to be picky then yes, the UK government currently isn’t allowed to issue ID cards.
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Re:Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All at Risk by psergeant on Monday August 27, 2018 @06:02AM (#17850473)
> That applies to absolutely anything a government could decide to want to do though

Mmm, that’s not true. Courts recognise EU supremacy over the British parliament, although it would be possible to ant-fuck this point if you were feeling truly pedantic.

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