The Labour government want to introduce I.D. cards in England and the rest of the UK for our own protection (the previous Government failed). Also to stop illegal working, immigration and fraud. They call it the ‘Brit card’ which is supposedly to verify a person’s right to work as well.
Can that statement be true, I doubt it. An app-based I.D. for citizens and legal residents. Yet they have no control of immigration and no idea of the numbers of illegal immigrants that are here now, not a clue!
This ‘Brit card’ will help the genuine people and highlight the illegal workers what world are they living in! There is already a Government petition with nearly 3 million signatures voting against this ridiculous proposal and it will continue to grow.
They think by saying it will help to cut illegal immigration will somehow pacify the doubters and make them more popular with their critics, deluded stupidity in my opinion. My concern is not political, my concern is our security potentially being compromised and abused by the Government and the third parties who will inevitably be involved.
Potential Issues
We have seen major companies in England during 2025 being exposed and split wide open because of their lack of robust cyber security and weak third party security allowing the cyber criminal scumbags to infiltrate Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, Airport baggage handlers and Transport for London networks to name but a few. But don’t worry you’ll be safe with us, yeah right!
This will be a first, there will be problems not there might be there will. A set up of this scale will go wrong and at what cost to the people of England and the rest of the UK. Our names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, employer details and heaven knows what else are at the risk of being hacked. These are details that should not be given to any Government to be held in a new central database that can could potentially be compromised by cyber criminals.
I know it sounds cynical to say ‘can be hacked’, but it is hard to believe that they can keep this data 100% safe for now and the future.
Also see: Are foreigners In England A Security Threat?
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Third Parties
The other concern is not the Government it is the third parties. Everything is contracted out these days for better or for worse and lets face it often worse and there will inevitably be third parties directly involved with access to the data, but that’s where we are.
You are only as strong as your weakest link, so no matter how confident the Government are in their systems they cannot apply the same standards to third parties, they can demand and threaten them if they don’t comply, but will it be too late. As often times third parties only interest is profit and if they can cut corners they will.
The cyber attacks of some of the companies mentioned have been subject to third party cyber attacks and have been compromised. Without going into detail they have been guilty of not updating to the latest security patches and left themselves wide open to attack. May be it was due to incompetence, lack of a co-ordinated infrastructure (clueless bosses) or laziness and ineptitude. I don’t know and will probably never find out for security reasons. You can’t make this up!
But due to what has happened in 2025 alone how are you ever going to be able to trust third parties with your security especially on such a large scale.
Where Do They End?
The other concern from a security point of view is will the Government stop there or will they continue to demand more information about you and your life for ‘national security’ reasons, you see where I’m going. I can’t say what this Government or the next have planned but in my opinion it is a concern for all of us in England and the rest of the UK to say the least.
There are of course wider reasons for the scepticism of I.D. cards but I have concentrated on how it could affect our security and the potential for cyber attacks which is very real.
Summary
I’m not a pessimist or an optimist, I am realist and I am genuinely concerned about the potential cyber threats and putting such a large amount of data on a new central database with so many personal details that third parties will have access to is worrying. Being confident of no security weaknesses and faith in what we are told is pushing it in my opinion.
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