Does this mean Big Brother is beginning to watch us?

We shall in future be required to log our identity details by showing such a thing as a pport in order to obtain a mobile phone in the UK. Is this going to be of practical istance in reducing crime, or simply an irritant to ordinary people? a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece" rel="nofollow"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/po…/a