“Is there going to be pressure for the app to become the portal that you have to interact with the government through?

One future problem is it ends up evolving into a national identity database where every interaction is tracked, which has considerable privacy implications.”

🗣️ ORG’s @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org on the UK government’s proposals for a gov.uk app and wallet.

#privacy #surveillance #ID #data #ukpolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/govuk-app-wallet-could-lead-to-mandatory-id-scheme-claim-privacy-groups