> We're talking identity management here. Any government that can't handle that internally doesn't deserve to exist. ... I mean, as a French citizen who kind o

> We're talking identity management here. Any government that can't handle that internally doesn't deserve to exist. ... I mean, as a French citizen who kind of wants my government to keep existing, I also agree with the statement you quote? Our government's public-facing IT systems have gotten better over the last few years, but my default expectations for any new projects would still be for them to mess it up. Of course, the problem is I'd also expect the average contractor to mess it up in very similar ways, for similar reasons.