The "compulsory" bit will kill it...

Re-upping this now that the announcement of a compulsory digital ID scheme is confirmed...

So, the UKgov press release is out for the digital ID scheme. Basically, it's going to be a credential in the GovUK Wallet, compulsory for right-to-work checks. We already have a digital ID scheme for right-to-work checks, where you can choose from a number of app suppliers...

The UK government’s digital ID ambitions rest on One Login. But it’s badly broken. Alongside security issues & missing features like delegation & support for business, it breaks government’s own identity assurance requirements — it's impossible, for example, to switch between

It comes as no surprise to learn...

With digital ID back in the news, here's my ComputerWeekly piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past … computerweekly.com/opinion/Implem…

More shocking revelations about inside thinking at Fujitsu #PostOfficeScandal doing business doesn’t necessarily require a heart or a conscience computerweekly.com/news/366632706…

Why Keir Starmer’s mandatory national digital ID system may be neither mandatory nor national - by me: computerweekly.com/news/366632744…