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> I'd personally prefer that we establish a standard for a sane distributed trust federated ID system and then pressure the states into gradually adopting that.

> I'd personally prefer that we establish a standard for a sane distributed trust federated ID system and then pressure the states into gradually adopting that... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act However: "... on April 27, 2020, the extended deadline after which identification documents would have to satisfy the Real ID Act standards to be accepted by federal agencies was again extended, by one year to October 1, 2021. On May 3, 2021, it was further extended to May 3, 2023, and on December 5, 2022, it was extended once more to May 7, 2025." But if there's a gold star on your federated state's driver's license, you have it.

CuriousCosmic 3y ago
That's actually exactly the opposite of what I was talking about. The Real ID act was an act of congress which was then passed down and the states were told to eventually adopt it. That's not the type of solution I'm talking about. I'm talking about having an independent standards organisation (hell even NIST) produce a standard that supports federation and gradual onboarding by states and territories and then having the states each adopt it until it becomes a defacto national standard without any congressional involvement beyond the federal government also agreeing to accept it. Real ID is a mess because it's not an ID system. It's really just an ID card system with a few other bits attached to address specific federal government concerns. That's not meaningfully useful for providing unique (and preferably privacy preserving) identifiers for companies, banks, and other non-government entities like what many european countries have.