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The US now has recently (as big projects go) finished rolling out a national ID system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by pushcx 2y ago
The US now has recently (as big projects go) finished rolling out a national ID system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ID_Act
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoThis isn't really the same thing, though, is it?
- pushcx 2y agoYes, it was designed to give plausible deniability. So it's not explicitly a "national ID system", it's just a system of uniform standards for identification cards across all the national territories with ubiquitous data sharing overseen by a federal agency... but it's "independently" implemented by the states, which could freely choose not to implement it at the cost of locking their citizens out of every federally-run program like, say, flying on a plane.