Britain’s Digital ID is Worse than You Could Possibly Imagine
- Editor Darren Birks
- Aug 5
- 2 min read
The UK’s digital ID is far worse than you think. Sold under the banner of safety, tackling illegal immigration, and ‘convenience,’ it’s actually a blueprint for a digital gulag—one you’ll never escape. Refuse to join, and you’ll become a non-person.
No digital ID? No bank account. No property rental. No mortgage. No food, fuel, or alcohol. No social media. No NHS. No passport. No driving licence. You’ll be locked out of your own life. The government insists it’s voluntary. But without it, you won’t be able to survive, let alone thrive. Even basic necessities like food and water will become out of reach.
They’ve already launched a series of seemingly harmless apps—each promising ‘convenience’ while secretly laying the groundwork. The NHS app to book GP appointments. The Britcard to protect you from fraud. The digital driving licence to “make life easier.” All sold separately. All part of the same overall plan. All designed to be joined up to give the government the most detailed, invasive, record of you that any government in history has had.
You now have to give your name and address to watch porn, but the government knowing every time you have a wank is a “small price to pay” to “protect the kiddies” from online harm. Safety is the default excuse when the convenience lie can't be used.
In truth, the UK government is hoarding every scrap of your digital life. And all these seemingly isolated systems are being merged into one vast, all-seeing record of everything you do.
Every breath you take, every move you make, every law you break—the Thought Police will be watching you.
Among the dozens of databases being harvested: your social media, emails, WhatsApp messages, photo libraries, phone calls, geo-location, Siri and Alexa audio, your search history, and every online purchase ever made to Amazon, eBay and others.
Also included: smart meter readings, energy and water usage, your bank account and transaction history. Your health data—vaccine status, medical history, even your daily step count—is all about to be added to the digital file the government are keeping on you.
Then there’s “street data”—a euphemism for the facial recognition software scanning you across public spaces, every second, every step, every street.
And once the government has all this? It's a certainty that they will abuse it. Because information is power. And this much information gives them more power than any regime in history. And as we know: power corrupts. Which makes this the most corrupt government in British history.
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