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> In some countries, digital identity accounts are now required to buy food Which? Because Lithuania allows the account-less EU Covid pass, so it’s not them.
by Semaphor 5y ago
> In some countries, digital identity accounts are now required to buy food
Which? Because Lithuania allows the account-less EU Covid pass, so it’s not them.
Not even to mention that the pass is not required for essential stores, so I’m not quite sure how you got to "required to buy food"
- walterbell 5y agoAren't passes required to access restaurants? What's the democratic process by which taxpayers consented to the exclusion of those same taxpayers from the cities and society funded by their taxes? There are many questions about the lack of science behind these policies of exclusion, even if we ignore the tragic history of previous ill-conceived attempts to segregate society based on identity, digital or otherwise. If we're going to partition society along "essential" lines, should the same be done to identify "essential" taxes? A printed paper/card that is uniquely associated with a digital database is still a digital identity, and subject to a wide range of glitches, including proof of biometrics to access a portal where the card can be printed.
- burnished 5y agoLol, you think the only place to get food is at a restaurant
- walterbell 5y agoDo you know how much global business is conducted in restaurants? It's practically part of the workplace for sales professionals. Exclusion from restaurants means exclusion from work for some people. Zoom is not a replacement for business meetings that benefit from face-to-face negotiation. Remember what history teaches about "people making lists" - it never stops with one list, or one group of list-makers. Today's list-maker can be tomorrow's list-member. There is a reason that most segregated societies have failed.