Re: There is no advantage in universal ID
There is for spies, criminals etc.
How secure will the database be?
People believe what the computer says.
Read Wilfred Greatorex's 1999. Or watch the series.
I think May's Home Office, "Hostile Environment," PIP, Universal Credit are part of same scheme with the ID card, which will be done badly.
See also Harry Harrison's "To the Stars" Trilogy:
1980 Homeworld
1981 Wheelworld
1981 Starworld
Biting the hand that feeds IT
