> this lays the grounds for a surveillance state We already have a surveillance state in the USA without the convenience of good digital authentication with to

> this lays the grounds for a surveillance state We already have a surveillance state in the USA without the convenience of good digital authentication with tokenized opt-in data-access authentications, as described by GP. I'd rather have the benefits of a more mature authentication system. We in the USA pass around 3-4 strings (Social Security ID, Full Name, Date of Birth, Mother's Maiden Name, sometimes Street Address and/or Zip Code) and that is used as a proxy for Authorization (not even authentication). It's ridiculously easy to get defrauded of your entire life savings (or more) in the US because knowledge of those strings (and sometimes a few more) is enough to someone to get access to a loan, mortgage, a cell phone (possibly porting/transferring from your existing SIM/line) in my name.