It allows smartphone owners to make in-store purchases by typing in a telephone number and personal ID code at the cash register.

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The government believes that the public support the scheme - former home secretary Jacqui Smith said she was regularly approached by people who said they did not want to wait several years to register for an ID card.

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Microsoft are making similar moves with Windows Phone to direct people to register via a Windows ID and set up payment for the Windows Store, and Google has the requirement for a Google account and payment details to fully engage with Android.

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But her state has its own income tax, so she had to register for a separate ID number to report and pay employee state tax withholding, and then had to fill out yet another registration for another ID number to file another regular report to pay state unemployment taxes.

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The vast majority of voters already have the necessary photo ID, which they need to get through airport security or register for a grocery-store savings card.

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