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UK set to introduce digital driving licences
by Maia Davies, January 18, 2025
"'Technology now makes it possible for digital identities to be more secure than physical ones, but we remain clear that they will not be made mandatory.'
"The virtual licences could be used at supermarket self checkouts, The Times said, allowing customers to verify their own age without waiting for a member of staff.
"The new digital licences will be introduced later this year, the newspaper reported.
"A possible feature could allow users to hide their address in certain situations, such as in bars or shops.
"There were more than 50 million full or provisional driving licence holders in the UK in 2023, according to government data.
"The digital licences are likely to be launched as part of a 'wallet' within a new government app called Gov.uk.
"The wallet is understood to be secured in a similar way to many banking apps, and would only allow the genuine owner of a licence to access it.
"It will use features found on many smartphones, such as biometrics and multifactor authentication, like security codes.
"The government is said to be considering integrating other services into the app, such as tax payments and benefits claims.
"Other forms of identification, such as national insurance numbers, could also be added - but it is not thought physical identification will be replaced entirely.
"The new technology appears to stop short of being a broad digital ID card – as previously called for by Sir Tony Blair and Lord William Hague.
"At the time, the head of privacy campaign group #BigBrotherWatch said such a move "would be one of the biggest assaults on privacy ever seen in the UK".
"In 2016, the then-boss of the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said digital licences were being developed.
"Virtual licences are already in use in Australia, Denmark, Iceland and Norway, as well as some US states.
"In the European Union, every member state is required to introduce at least one form of digital ID by 2026."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkjjkjy4p8o
#Orwell #MemoryHole #BigBrother
by Maia Davies, January 18, 2025
"'Technology now makes it possible for digital identities to be more secure than physical ones, but we remain clear that they will not be made mandatory.'
"The virtual licences could be used at supermarket self checkouts, The Times said, allowing customers to verify their own age without waiting for a member of staff.
"The new digital licences will be introduced later this year, the newspaper reported.
"A possible feature could allow users to hide their address in certain situations, such as in bars or shops.
"There were more than 50 million full or provisional driving licence holders in the UK in 2023, according to government data.
"The digital licences are likely to be launched as part of a 'wallet' within a new government app called Gov.uk.
"The wallet is understood to be secured in a similar way to many banking apps, and would only allow the genuine owner of a licence to access it.
"It will use features found on many smartphones, such as biometrics and multifactor authentication, like security codes.
"The government is said to be considering integrating other services into the app, such as tax payments and benefits claims.
"Other forms of identification, such as national insurance numbers, could also be added - but it is not thought physical identification will be replaced entirely.
"The new technology appears to stop short of being a broad digital ID card – as previously called for by Sir Tony Blair and Lord William Hague.
"At the time, the head of privacy campaign group #BigBrotherWatch said such a move "would be one of the biggest assaults on privacy ever seen in the UK".
"In 2016, the then-boss of the UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) said digital licences were being developed.
"Virtual licences are already in use in Australia, Denmark, Iceland and Norway, as well as some US states.
"In the European Union, every member state is required to introduce at least one form of digital ID by 2026."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkjjkjy4p8o
#Orwell #MemoryHole #BigBrother
Digital driving licences to be introduced this year
The government says technology should "make people's lives easier" but any system won't be mandatory.Maia Davies (BBC News)
This was my post from 2017 on the bird site (accompanied by the graphic). Luckily, the law didn't pass back then, but who knows what the future will bring?
Bill Would Allow #Connecticut Police to Put Weapons on Drones
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/bill-would-allow-connecticut-police-to-put-weapons-on-drones/9822/
#Orwell #USPol #Drones #WeaponizedDrones #ACAB #NineteenEightyFour
Bill Would Allow #Connecticut Police to Put Weapons on Drones
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/bill-would-allow-connecticut-police-to-put-weapons-on-drones/9822/
#Orwell #USPol #Drones #WeaponizedDrones #ACAB #NineteenEightyFour
Bill Would Allow Connecticut Police to Put Weapons on Drones
Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether the state should become the first in the country to allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons.DAVE COLLINS (NBC Connecticut)
Pro-Palestinian Carol Service Organised By Jews, Christians and Muslims #christmas #carol #orwell #dystopia #StandWithGaza #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #ICJ #ICC #TheHague #Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Genocide #NeverAgain #NeverAgainIsNow #apartheid #racism #BDS #UNRWA #GenevaConvention #WarCrimes #Biden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gGowhg5LJs
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#Zionists. Giving "voluntary" an entirely new meaning.
Tagged: #NewSpeak #Orwell #Genocide #Palestine #Palestinians
"Bezalel Smotrich says Israel can empty half of #Gaza through 'voluntary' migration"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-can-empty-half-gaza-bezalel-smotrich-says @israel @palestine
Tagged: #NewSpeak #Orwell #Genocide #Palestine #Palestinians
"Bezalel Smotrich says Israel can empty half of #Gaza through 'voluntary' migration"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-can-empty-half-gaza-bezalel-smotrich-says @israel @palestine
Bezalel Smotrich says Israel can empty half of Gaza through 'voluntary' migration
Israel's far-right finance minister on Wednesday said Gaza could be emptied of half its population through "voluntary" migration within two years.Alex MacDonald (Middle East Eye)
American Orwellian world
Michael Huckleberry Hudson:
And you can look at Ukraine as an example of how the United States would like Russia, China, and the Arab countries to exist. You would suspend elections once you have your guys, your president in there. You would become the most corrupt country in your region, as Ukraine has been. You will ban local languages and religions that are not Judeo-Christian.
You will essentially prevent strikes.
And you know the joke, the aristocrats. A stage group of actors talks about a family coming on and doing all sorts of horrendously devious sexual acts and incest, and it goes on and on. The producer who’s being offered this act and said, what do you call this act? And the answer is, the aristocrats.
Well, what do you call the Ukrainian act of suspending elections, banning foreign languages, assassinating critics? We call it democracy. Well, that’s hilarious. That’s indeed what #America calls it. America has two models of #democracy, #Ukraine and #Israel. Again and again in the press, it says Ukraine is the model of democracy that we want for what used to be the whole Soviet Union. And you have Latvia and Estonia and Lithuania clapping, and we want the democracy in Israel. Israel is the only democratic country in the Near East.
We want Israel to be the model for the Near East.
Well, what are they saying? That there won’t be any more Arabs in the Near East? That they’ll all be Americans with dual citizenship? This is what it’s all come to. We’re living in an Orwellian world is trying to deter people’s consciousness from realizing the reality of work and the dynamics that are at work.
#USA #us #orwell #1984 #american #mindmanipulation #lie in #media
And you can look at Ukraine as an example of how the United States would like Russia, China, and the Arab countries to exist. You would suspend elections once you have your guys, your president in there. You would become the most corrupt country in your region, as Ukraine has been. You will ban local languages and religions that are not Judeo-Christian.
You will essentially prevent strikes.
And you know the joke, the aristocrats. A stage group of actors talks about a family coming on and doing all sorts of horrendously devious sexual acts and incest, and it goes on and on. The producer who’s being offered this act and said, what do you call this act? And the answer is, the aristocrats.
Well, what do you call the Ukrainian act of suspending elections, banning foreign languages, assassinating critics? We call it democracy. Well, that’s hilarious. That’s indeed what #America calls it. America has two models of #democracy, #Ukraine and #Israel. Again and again in the press, it says Ukraine is the model of democracy that we want for what used to be the whole Soviet Union. And you have Latvia and Estonia and Lithuania clapping, and we want the democracy in Israel. Israel is the only democratic country in the Near East.
We want Israel to be the model for the Near East.
Well, what are they saying? That there won’t be any more Arabs in the Near East? That they’ll all be Americans with dual citizenship? This is what it’s all come to. We’re living in an Orwellian world is trying to deter people’s consciousness from realizing the reality of work and the dynamics that are at work.
#USA #us #orwell #1984 #american #mindmanipulation #lie in #media
Michael Hudson on Russia, Iran and the Red Sea: NATO's War Economy Collapses | naked capitalism
Michael Hudson describes how the US, embarrassingly bested by Russia and now the Houthis, is doubling down on ally-damaging economic retaliation.Yves Smith (naked capitalism)
CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits
A bot that tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress
#CIA #FBI #wikipedia is #western #lie #propaganda #USA #us #congress #1984 #orwell #totalitarism
A bot that tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress
#CIA #FBI #wikipedia is #western #lie #propaganda #USA #us #congress #1984 #orwell #totalitarism
CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits
People using CIA and FBI computers have edited entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on topics including the Iraq war and the Guantanamo prison, according to a new tracing program.Randall Mikkelsen (Reuters)