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There are many reasons to oppose government ID schemes on principle. Consequences like these just demonstrate the case.
by HeckFeck 5y ago
There are many reasons to oppose government ID schemes on principle.
Consequences like these just demonstrate the case.
- standardUser 5y ago"Government ID" sounds redundant. What other form of ID would make sense? Either we live in a world without IDs (and other information inevitably fills that void and becomes a de facto ID), or we allow for-profit enterprise to manage personal identification.
- supertrope 5y agoFacebook login /s
- supertrope 5y agoIAM is a tough problem. We need solid technical underpinnings, scalable and consistent new ID issuance procedures, revocation and reiussance workflows, accommodation for those on the wrong side of the digital divide, fraud resistance, and of course this has to be at very low cost for equity reasons and good stewardship of tax money.