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For administrative purposes it makes sense to uniquely identify people, but for privacy purposes it is a feature to not be uniquely identifiable. I don't think

For administrative purposes it makes sense to uniquely identify people, but for privacy purposes it is a feature to not be uniquely identifiable. I don't think one can get around that tradeoff. In South Africa, if you have someone's ID and also their tax number then it is very easy to commit fraud.

hyperman1 7y ago
Not sure. It also means you get blamed for crimes from your same-nameds. I hear stories from the USA where repo men try to pin debts on the wrong people, etc. The rest of the first world mostly has a unique ID for each resident, plus laws that stop abusing it. This seems vastly preferrable.