It seems so reasonable, but when you make something easy, people (governments) do it. ID cards are an attractive nuissance for authoritarian personalities, you

It seems so reasonable, but when you make something easy, people (governments) do it. ID cards are an attractive nuissance for authoritarian personalities, you just don't equip them if you want to live without abuse. I've worked in privacy, and unless you make an explicit and specific law against something, orgs are going to find a way to abuse it. One can absolute be in favour of identity cards and internal passports, but they should just not couch their authoritarian urges in "convenience," and try to make it seem like it's our own idea for our own good.