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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. The gestapo are quick these days by damburger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Boingboing is already down... they haven't got to the PDF yet so if that goes down I shall redistribute it. See you all it Gitmo.

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    If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
  2. Oblig. xkcd by jimthehorsegod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://xkcd.com/327/