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Comments

[gerald_duck]

I like the pledge, and its aims, and its methods, and the amount of money.

I have two reservations, however.

Firstly, 10,000 people isn't enough safety in numbers to avoid being shat on; I'd feel far more comfortable with 100,000.

Secondly, they're intending to tie passports in with the compulsory ID card scheme. No ID card will likely also mean no valid passport, and that would be a serious problem for me.

[womble2]

The pledge is organised by NO2ID which presumably would organise any legal defence fund.

[fluffymark]

How are they verifying the identity of those signing up? Presumably they have to, and they then have an online database of identifiable people. Which you have to pay for. Which strikes me as being absurdly close to what they are against.

[pseudomonas]

I suspect they're not verifying, and going on trust.

[womble2]

How are they verifying the identity of those signing up?

They aren't, but they do verify email addresses.
Presumably they have to, and they then have an online database of identifiable people. Which you have to pay for. Which strikes me as being absurdly close to what they are against.

No, since this is entirely voluntary.

[realdoll]

I'm pro ID cards. Or rather, not anti ID cards. I really, really, really can't see what all the fuss is about.

[fanf]

You realise it's going to cost a hundred quid each and is not going to acheive any of its goals? It's a gratuitous waste of money.

[fanf]

Make that "at least a hundred quid" - the Observer reckons £300.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1494944,00.html