EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database

Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by arethuza on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:08AM (#19726749)

Definitely not the case in the UK - in fact there was quite fuss made when there was a plan a few years back to introduce ID cards.

Mind you I suspect mostly people do carry 'official' identification documents on them most of the time (e.g. driving licenses) but there is no requirement to actually have these on you at all times.

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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by sirkneeland on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:45AM (#19726936)

My favorite song on the Pet Shop Boys' 2006 album Fundamental ("Integral") was a protest against Blair's Identity Cards Act

"if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear / if you've something to hide, you shouldn't even be here"

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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by arethuza on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:55AM (#19726986)

Also people of a certain age (like me) who associate "Papers please" with WW2 movies.

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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by dijit on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @09:05AM (#19728173)

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone."

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