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It absolutely does, as a national eID creates a chilling effect that can negatively impact my right to free speech and to peacefully assemble. Digital anonymity

It absolutely does, as a national eID creates a chilling effect that can negatively impact my right to free speech and to peacefully assemble. Digital anonymity is not a joke, it is a fundamental human right whether or not you or any state agency recognizes it. It is crucial to a healthy democracy.

INTPenis 3y ago
You mean if the issuer of the eID violates people's privacy, in violation of the first amendment. That's what you have courts for.
- serf 3y ago
  yeah that's worked out fantastically against any hundreds of companies that leak user data every year. same thing will happen, a leak will occur and the authorities will be thrilled to offer me a 45 cent class action suit -- meanwhile bad actors will have the data and do who-knows-what with it. if bad internet data is really the problem here then I would suggest more rigorous filtering of results rather than involuntarily signing up the world for a club that every individual may or may not want to be a part of by way of an eID.
simiones 3y ago
> It is crucial to a healthy democracy. And yet democracies predate the existence of digital anonimity by quite a few centuries (or at the very least decades, depending on how many slaves you accept in your definition of a "healthy democracy").
- soulofmischief 3y ago
  Digital anonymity is the higher-level concept being discussed, but the underlying issue which it relates to is that of a chilling effect, which is a timeless phenomenon. > The "chilling effect" refers to a phenomenon where individuals or groups refrain from engaging in expression for fear of running afoul of a law or regulation. > Laws that chill free expression do not provide the appropriate level of breathing space for First Amendment freedoms. https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overview https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overv...

INTPenis 3y ago

You mean if the issuer of the eID violates people's privacy, in violation of the first amendment. That's what you have courts for.

serf 3y ago
yeah that's worked out fantastically against any hundreds of companies that leak user data every year. same thing will happen, a leak will occur and the authorities will be thrilled to offer me a 45 cent class action suit -- meanwhile bad actors will have the data and do who-knows-what with it. if bad internet data is really the problem here then I would suggest more rigorous filtering of results rather than involuntarily signing up the world for a club that every individual may or may not want to be a part of by way of an eID.

simiones 3y ago

> It is crucial to a healthy democracy. And yet democracies predate the existence of digital anonimity by quite a few centuries (or at the very least decades, depending on how many slaves you accept in your definition of a "healthy democracy").

soulofmischief 3y ago
Digital anonymity is the higher-level concept being discussed, but the underlying issue which it relates to is that of a chilling effect, which is a timeless phenomenon. > The "chilling effect" refers to a phenomenon where individuals or groups refrain from engaging in expression for fear of running afoul of a law or regulation. > Laws that chill free expression do not provide the appropriate level of breathing space for First Amendment freedoms. https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overview https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/chilling-effect-overv...