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Leaked Government Doc Reveals UK ID "Coercion" Plans

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sanity-is-not-statistical dept.

BoingBoing is relating a hair-raising tale from the UK anti-ID-register group 'NO2ID' that claims to have a leaked government document [PDF] detailing how the UK government plans to "coerce" citizens into a national ID register. "UK campaigners NO2ID this morning enlisted the help of bloggers across the world to spread a leaked government document describing how the British government intends to go about "coercing" its citizens onto a National Identity Register. The 'ID card' is revealed as little more than a cover to create a official dossier and trackable ID for every UK resident - creating what NO2ID calls 'the database state'."

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  1. NO worries by techpawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    The database will be written in MSAccess and kept on someones hard drive until it crashes.

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  2. Re:Coercion by exploder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is "coercion" in quotes? I'm gonna go out on a limb here... ...because it's a quote?

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  3. This is why we NEED the ID program by vancondo · · Score: 4, Funny

    You See! This is exactly why we need a comprehensive government ID system. Then we'd KNOW who wrote that report. I can't wait until we can all just sit around tracking each other, then we'll finally all be happy and safe!

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  4. Re:Missing authorship information by Daimanta · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Slashdot, you can't take your opinion back! You flame your way out of trouble!

    Asshole!

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