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This is just one reason why both people (individuals) and businesses should have actual, official identities on the internet. It prevents illegal and fraudulent
by disabled 6y ago
This is just one reason why both people (individuals) and businesses should have actual, official identities on the internet. It prevents illegal and fraudulent activity. It also keeps things like bots from exploiting us, which people do fall for. There are a handful of countries (not many), though, that do give you an official identity on the internet.
- PatentlyDC123 6y agoWhile official identities may solve some problems, I'm more concerned about the myriad new problems they create, e.g. privacy concerns, who/what is in charge of setup/maintenance/verification/updates, tech literacy of the public, misuse of the data, etc. I also worry about how difficult it would be to the statutes and regulations for such a system. Many of the people creating, regulating, and adjudicating on such a system are not very tech literate. Even well-minded politicians would have a very difficult time creating a benevolent/benign official identity system that couldn't be misused like many of the allegations against China's social credit system. Personally, I would prefer most of my internet use to be distinct from my official identity. But, I wouldn't stand in the way of others that want to have a way to prove their identity. Optional enrollment might be a compromise? If fraud could be consistently prevented and enrollment didn't become compulsory in a round-about way through most large internet adjacent corporations requiring its use.
- retox 6y agoSo said 'disabled'