I could get arrested if I leave my power hungry iPhone charging and forget to pick it up?
Plus integrating credit cards and ID cards is being thought of at the moment too.
In Franco’s Spain you had to show ID when you bought anything. I once heard an ex-policeperson say that we should emulate a fascist state and do the same here. It’s already arrived in all but name. Maybe buy a SIM from a car boot sale?
Have a read of Doctorow’s Little Brother, particularly the bit about data mining false positives. You need a data mining technique that is as reliable as the thing you are trying to find, or you will waste a huge amount of time and resources chasing the innocent. No, wait …
Don’t they do that already?