From: chris@dickinson.uk.net   
      
   On Saturday, 16 June 2018 20:17:32 UTC+1, MB  wrote:   
   > On 16/06/2018 18:19, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:   
   > > But some MPs think this is immoral and would lead to gevernment    
   > > departments thinking they could conveniently correlate information and    
   > > discover misdeeds or other horors.  Think what the STASI tried to do in    
   > > East Germany, and what George Orwell thought and what the North Korean    
   > > have been doing to their citizens.   
   >    
   > Many object to being required to carry a card with that number and    
   > produce on demand any time with a penalty for not producing it.   
      
      
   I argued that with my late father some 30 years ago, on the grounds that you   
   are suggesting. He, being accustomed to requirements in WWII, was maybe a   
   little bit bemused.   
      
   Nowadays, the argument has almost no relevance. We have to carry cards or   
   phones that identify us if we are to live a normal life.   
      
   The relevant argument today is 'how far does a single ID betray us if   
   fraudsters use it?".   
      
   But such a discussion isn't really appropriate to this group.   
      
   Chris   
      
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