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> My fear is that eventually you'll start seeing government services where identity and auth are handed off to private companies like Google and Apple One enti
by l33t7332273 3y ago
> My fear is that eventually you'll start seeing government services where identity and auth are handed off to private companies like Google and Apple
One enticing alternative (for the government!) is to require you to upload your actual documents and use some government sanctioned attestation service.
- swiftcoder 3y agoAnd this is how it works in many countries. Here in Spain you physically go down to the social security office, present your photo ID, and they sign your private key - thus providing access to all government websites... In theory. in practice there are 3 competing online ID systems within the Spanish government, which is pretty typical beaurocratic bullshit