The British central communications hub GCHQ has announced that it will be be mandating two-step verification for all users of the Web in the UK.

What this means is that everyone who uses the Web in the UK will need to register with GCHQ so that everytime they load a web page their identity can be verified via the use of a code sent to their mobile.

A spokesperson for GCHQ told FNN:

Mandatory registration with GCHQ will ensure that we can trace what everyone in the UK is doing online, based on verifying their identify every time they try to access any web page. Much the same as banks do now.

For Internet users without a smartphone we will offer the ability to get your verification code by post. The only drawback is that you will have to wait a week before you can access the web page you want to view, and that's assuming there are no postal strikes of course.

We have decided to introduce this new 'verifiable' Internet following complaints by a Mr Vernon Coleman that we are not moving fast enough towards implementing China's 'social credit' system here in the UK.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee was not available for comment.