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> Although that goes over like a lead balloon whenever it's brought up. Coming with a country that has a national ID, the US issue with it always caused me lau
by conanbatt 9y ago
> Although that goes over like a lead balloon whenever it's brought up.
Coming with a country that has a national ID, the US issue with it always caused me laughter. But on the other hand, identification by the state is one of the highest forms of privacy. Its pretty incredible the US has managed to be without that.
- reaperducer 9y agoDo you also laugh at the EU's "right to be forgotten" legislation?
- conanbatt 9y agoI think its trying to stop sunlight with your hands.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoTechnology is the servant of society, not the other way around. The sky is not falling because the tech industry is finally being reined in. [+] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16531817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16531817 | [+] http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at-demanding-better-from-tech/ http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at...
- conanbatt 9y agoWouldn't the analogy be that we are the servants to the state, as the state tells you what you can or can't do?
- toomuchtodo 9y agoNo, because we have the right to vote, making the state the servant to us. Whether we have properly executed that responsibility is clearly a discussion for a different thread.
- conanbatt 9y agoYou have the right not to use online services...the right to vote is not a declaration of submission. Particularly when you voted against and a measure was still infringed upon you.
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- maxerickson 9y agoIn practice, more than 90% of US adults have a state issued photo id: http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AMERICANS-WITH-PHOTO-ID-Research-Memo-February-2015.pdf http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AMERIC... And not having one often puts people at a disadvantage. So it's a little fuzzier than managing to be without them.