Privacy athletes claim that a new application, with a driving license of a citizen, the risks of passports and welfare documents are used as a "launching table for compulsory ID programs".

Technical secretary Peter Kyle unveiled last week the plan of gov.uk application and GOV.UK WALLET, which aims to save time and save time for millions of time, and allow them to make paper document phone calls Digital version.

These will include proof of working in the UK, welfare rights, senior ID cards and DBS certificates, and employers use to check the criminal records of those who apply for the role. This technology will include biological recognition safety such as facial scanning. Countries such as Poland, Estonia and Iceland have used similar electronic government applications.

Kyle said that this technology will be voluntary and will continue to use paper files, but adding that he is working hard to make the application's convenience so "noticeable" so that people think that it is "inevitable" to use "inevitable" Essence

This application will include a digital document wallet, similar to digital document wallets that have been installed on Apple and Google smartphones, and "completely reminiscent of people's shopping, banking methods, travel methods, this is you Kyle said in the way of interacting with the government.

However, the candidate now urges the transparency of the privacy impact on the new system before the launch of the privacy impact of the new system later this year.

"Kyle will never become the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology. In the future, the government can easily use the optional digital wallet as the launching table for the mandatory ID plan." Group.

"The increase in our facial recognition data makes this huge identity system very sensitive, invasive and hacker honeypots."

James Baker, the campaign manager of the Open Rights Group, said: "Will this application put pressure on the portal websites that interact with the government?

"You will ultimately be in a world of voluntary, but it becomes so widely accepted so that it cannot survive without it? In the future, it eventually becomes a country's identity database. In the database, it is in the database. , Tracking each interaction, has considerable privacy. ""

Kyle launched this technology under the inspiration of the Silicon Valley product launch this week. He told the audience that the application will start from June, and then the wallet of "digital files issued by the government"-start with the driving license and veteran card. It is hoped that the application will become a key way for citizens to interact with many weapons of the government. From paying vehicle taxes, to managing welfare benefits and interacting with NHS.

Officials insist on using the built -in security functions of modern smartphones, including the security function used by the security inspection when paying with digital bank cards, including facial recognition and inspection, which will be highly secure. This means that any database without a central database is that any hacker must break into a single phone.

Government spokesman said: "By using the same technologies that protect your digital bank cards, digital driving licenses will be more difficult to steal than physical copy, because even if the mobile phone is stolen, the thief cannot access the internal documentation.

"We are already very clear that the digital identity is not mandatory. We will continue to ensure that our new tools can be accessed as much as possible-including maintaining a call center or helping people who need help to access digital services."

The vouchers placed in the wallet should also be more difficult to forge than paper files. It also has practical benefits to collect so many key documents in one place, which may mean to end the lost or tattered documents, rather than renewal through a long paper -based application.

It may also increase privacy in some areas. For example, citizens do not need to display their names and addresses when buying products such as alcohol and fireworks, because they will simply display screens that prove their age.

The system will allow the government to revoke certificates in some cases, for example, if they are outdated or in other ways invalid. However. If you do this for wrong reasons, citizens can still use paper copies.