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The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app (www.theverge.com)
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[-] trevor 8 points 2 months ago

This kind of thing is an excellent way to bamboozle people into handing authority figures your phone, which is one of the worst things you can do.

[-] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

The verge even wrote an article about why you shouldn't use these ID apps. I'm surprised they didn't mention it in this one.

Article: Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago

And ofc the app is closed source.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Great. Now I gotta start carrying two phones. My real phone, and a dummy for this dummy app.

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