Digital ID Is Already Being Secretly Downloaded To British Phones, Users Claim
It seems like Keir Starmer and Labour could be pushing full-steam ahead with the Brit-card government IDs, with dozens of social media users reporting that an app named GOV.UK ID Check has already mysteriously appeared on their phones.
Has it appeared on yours? Here are some of the comments online:
Starmers Digital ID is already being secretly installed on your phone. It just shows how long ago the digital ID decision was made. I just found this APP on my phone after searching “gov”. I just deleted it and await to see if it automatically gets re-installed. pic.twitter.com/mzxQTLwDiQ
— Ray Hall QPM (@RayKarenHall) October 2, 2025
People are reporting to me that this app has been covertly added to their android devices. Anyone able to confirm or refute? pic.twitter.com/2xeqB2fFXO
— Dr Dave Cartland BMedSc MBChB Ex-MRCGP (@CartlandDavid) October 1, 2025
My family friend has just shared on FB a warning to check your phones because a GOV UK ID Check app has sneakily been installed on her phone!!! Can’t share her screenshot due to her wallpaper being a photo of her kids. I’ve searched here on X and she is not the only one!!!!… pic.twitter.com/PRrbMhahcB
— Rebecca 🦋 (@itsRebeccaL) October 2, 2025
I don’t appreciate Apple downloading the Gov digital id app onto my phone if they can do this what else is the government with Apples help getting them to do ?
— Lady Amos 🙏🏻❤️🌺 (@psychicsam) October 3, 2025
Asking a ❓ here would be very interested to know those who had the Gov id check app appeared in their mobile yesterday did you allow the recent emergency alert test on your phone 🤔🤔
— Shalini Varma (@ShaliniVar) October 3, 2025
Just Found the Gov Digital ID app installed on my phone after it was updated check you’re phones and uninstall
— darriel terry (@Bezzer1976) October 1, 2025
A few people are theorising that the latest iOS update is responsible, which is obviously very cheeky as you just end up downloading it without knowing anything about it. However, Android users are also reporting the same thing. How many people are checking their phones right now and only just realising they’ve got the GOV.UK ID check app on it? Can you even delete it?
For what it’s worth, some people claim this app has been out for a while and has nothing to do with the newly-proposed digital ID, but rather is used by the UK government to verify your identity by matching your face to your photo ID for certain services, such as getting a passport or driving licence. So… kind of like what they’re proposing digital ID will do? Do we effectively have digital ID already?!
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