The problem is not the ID cards that other countries have. That would be reasonable, even if one could argue NINO is sufficient.

The problem is the online/app nature if them which, in conjunction with OSA, makes it dystopian control scenario.

I’m not ignoring those upsides that you mentioned, I just didn’t mention them or wasn’t aware. I like most of them for what it matters.

But I do still consider OSA and digital IDs an authoritarian measures and I do find this to be of high enough importance to potentially overshadow all of the above.

What’s the point of living in a, arguably, more socialist state if your privacy doesn’t exist? I’m not a bloody tanky and I don’t like that angle, like many others.