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It does solve a problem that exists. In fact the use cases are listed in the article: filing tax reports, opening/accessing bank accounts, etc. Basically the st
by kabes 4y ago
It does solve a problem that exists. In fact the use cases are listed in the article: filing tax reports, opening/accessing bank accounts, etc. Basically the stuff where in the offline world you would've needed to show your ID.
However, many (all?) EU members already have developed their own national system. So this tries to unionize those systems so dealing with other member nations becomes easier. Today I often have to mail a bunch of documents if I want to prove my business ownership to foreign companies.
- TurkishPoptart 4y agoDoesn't Estonia have its own E-Estonia X-road system that already does these things, using cryptography for verification and non-repudiation? So why do we need this newer, more expensive, dystopian stuff made by some private company? How do I vote against this? Oh wait, it's the EU...so I can't.
- sathishmanohar 4y agoand eventually those tax reports and credit ratings will be tied to super market checkout systems. So governments can pick and choose which tax payers can eat what. Any data that is aggregated is open to abuse by the aggregator and it will be definitely abused if the aggregator is a government body.
- malermeister 4y agoI'd much rather have my government have info about me than Facebook. Even in your contrived dystopia, I'd rather have a democratic government be the Big Brother than some unelected tech CEO.
- closewith 4y agoThat's a false dichotomy. We can create a world where our right to privacy is respected by both governments and the private sector.
- malermeister 4y agoIt doesn't change the fact that our government is voted in, while private CEOs are moneyed in. I trust the former more to have my best interests in mind.
- jiveturkey42 4y agoThe user consents to using a product, but not being born into a particular location
- malermeister 4y agohttps://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-has-information-you-didnt-hand-over/ https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/shadow-profiles-facebook-h... Come again?
- sathishmanohar 4y ago
- malermeister 4y agoCould you please elaborate your argument instead of just doing drive-by insinuations?
- mdp2021 4y agoWhy do you have to bring FB into the equation? It seems you are mentioning it as a relevant alternative - what is that? When somebody says "This may be controversial // Well, much better than being crushed under a rock", the latter is supposed to be rhetoric, here somebody seems to treat it like a real alternative, as if you went into the current events to avoid that!
- dane-pgp 4y ago> tied to super market checkout systems Norway is one step closer to that: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/ https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket...