Ideas about IDs
Episode 36 of the Serious Privacy podcast, hosted by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien, titled "Ideas about IDs" was published on October 8, 2025 and runs 34 minutes.
October 8, 2025 ·34m · Serious Privacy
Summary
Send us Fan Mail On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, talk about the UK's plans to introduce a mandatory digital identity card. This is not the first time a proposal for mandatory ID has come up in the UK, and Ralph has thoughts about it. Paul on the other hand is a little surprised about the uproar, since mandatory ID has been introduced in the Netherlands many moons ago. UK Government press release"‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’...
Episode Description
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, talk about the UK's plans to introduce a mandatory digital identity card. This is not the first time a proposal for mandatory ID has come up in the UK, and Ralph has thoughts about it. Paul on the other hand is a little surprised about the uproar, since mandatory ID has been introduced in the Netherlands many moons ago.
- UK Government press release
- "‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards" - The Guardian - 27 September 2025
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