The Tyranny of Digital ID

Liberty Nation ^ | Oct 8, 2025 | Elizabeth Lawrence

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The Tyranny of Digital ID Digital ID is a trojan horse for an invasive surveillance state.

The UK government recently announced plans to impose digital ID on every resident, raising alarms among citizens across the Western world. Promoted as a crackdown on “illegal working” and a convenient tool to access “vital government services,” the ID will be “mandatory as a means of proving your Right to Work,” officials said, concentrating power in a way that would make the Party in 1984 blush.

Unlike a physical ID, a digital version records every use and provides the government with a record of every individual citizen’s daily activities. Once that kind of power is surrendered to the state, history shows it is rarely, if ever, returned.

Digital Tyranny

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office framed the nation’s digital ID initiative as an effort to combat illegal immigration and streamline access to services like driver’s licenses, childcare, and welfare. “Digital ID is an enormous opportunity for the UK. It will make it tougher to work illegally in this country, making our borders more secure. And it will also offer ordinary citizens countless benefits, like being able to prove your identity to access key services swiftly – rather than hunting around for an old utility bill,” Starmer said.

Of course, Starmer isn’t completely wrong. It would be convenient to have a digital ID, and it might even help end illegal work. But at what cost? Just as smartphones became de facto tracking devices, digital ID will do far more than make paperwork a breeze. It would create a permanent, centralized record of citizens, what they do, and where they go.

Starmer noted the mandatory digital ID will be “free of charge.” The prime minister is going to force UK citizens to hand over...

[Myrddin]

The illegals engaged in sex trafficking minors won't be deterred by digital id. Nor will their victims. The non-English speaking migrants will have their own means of buying and selling food on the streets. They won't be using digital id at the market. People deeply tied to the electronic world for everything they do will be hobbled and controlled with digital id. The most productive parts of society will be the hardest hit.

[sauropod]

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[MacNaughton]