▲ 18 ▼ Google Wallet lets UK users turn their passport into digital IDs (www.androidcentral.com) submitted 1 year ago by Mex@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] albert180@piefed.social 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) Are they completely stupid? Why would you allow a private company, a foreign one to offer digital identities? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] CrowyTech@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago I was up for this a number of months ago. I'm now on the same page as you! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago I mean, we let it handle payments, track our locations, carry around a microphone and camera, read our emails and texts, listen to our phone calls and track everything we do online. What's one more thing at this point? permalink fedilink source parent [–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We already have a semi privatised identity system with the PASS card scheme for proof of age, its government backed but the actual physical and digital IDs are provided by various public and private groups. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CrowyTech@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago I was up for this a number of months ago. I'm now on the same page as you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago I mean, we let it handle payments, track our locations, carry around a microphone and camera, read our emails and texts, listen to our phone calls and track everything we do online. What's one more thing at this point? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We already have a semi privatised identity system with the PASS card scheme for proof of age, its government backed but the actual physical and digital IDs are provided by various public and private groups. permalink fedilink source parent