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> Yes, but what would be the alternative? Not have a nation-wide ID scheme. The problem is that people will rely too much on it being always correct and a lot
by vaylian 3y ago
> Yes, but what would be the alternative?
Not have a nation-wide ID scheme. The problem is that people will rely too much on it being always correct and a lot of infrastructure will grow on top of it so that it is really hard to fix things.
A better approach is to keep the human in the loop. If a government or a company wants to create a connection between databases, let the human whose data is requested, provide the external keys/IDs upon request. That's less automation, but it allows for more flexibility and better personal data protection.
- wolfgang42 3y agoWe tried that in the US, and we ended up with an ad-hoc one anyway. It seems to be far too useful of a concept in modern society to avoid this happening whether you want it to or not.
- emodendroket 3y agoYeah the US system of hijacking numbers that were never meant for this purpose and treating them as sufficient to take out credit in your name, and then having fifty redundant DMVs handling identification cards makes much more sense.