Digital ID cards
Labour have announced that they want to introduce digital ID cards. Whilst I don't have a problem with ID cards in general - I always carry my driving licence and i carry my passport when I travel abroad - I do have an issue with such cards being digital.
What about the people who don't have, can't afford, don't want or don't understand smartphones.
For example, I gave my dad a simple big button mobile phone so that he can contact someone in case of an emergency. It was the simplest phone I could find but although he's not stupid he struggles to understand how to use it.
There's no way he'd be able to use a smartphone.
There must be loads of people like him as well as people who can't afford a smart phone.
His lack of a smartphone is already excluding him from things. For example a lot of the car parks in this part of the world are removing their pay machines and only allowing people to pay for parking with a smart phone app such as Ringo. So he can no longer go to those places.
The powers that be need to realise that not everybody is tech savvy,
What about the people who don't have, can't afford, don't want or don't understand smartphones.
For example, I gave my dad a simple big button mobile phone so that he can contact someone in case of an emergency. It was the simplest phone I could find but although he's not stupid he struggles to understand how to use it.
There's no way he'd be able to use a smartphone.
There must be loads of people like him as well as people who can't afford a smart phone.
His lack of a smartphone is already excluding him from things. For example a lot of the car parks in this part of the world are removing their pay machines and only allowing people to pay for parking with a smart phone app such as Ringo. So he can no longer go to those places.
The powers that be need to realise that not everybody is tech savvy,
