Charging stations for electric cars, in the UK at least, require motorists to identify themselves.

The article focuses on the fact that the charging IDs are not secure against third parties. However, I think the fact that the charging station identifies the motorist is the worst injustice. We need laws requiring charging stations to allow anonymous use. This should include paying cash or with an anonymous digital system such as GNU Taler. Drivers on a plan that covers the cost of charging should be able to demonstrate digitally that they are members without revealing their identities.

Some charging stations collect a lot more data than that.

We need laws to require them to offer anonymous charging, for cash, without collecting any information except the price charged.