I read this article and was confused. Lot of asian countries already provide digital identities, its not some utopian impossibility. I often carry only my phone

I read this article and was confused. Lot of asian countries already provide digital identities, its not some utopian impossibility. I often carry only my phone out of the house. Sure its convenient, but there are downsides as well. You have to maintain infra for two major mobile oses (which you have no control over with apple and google as the gatekeepers). You also stifle innovation in the mobile space (ultimately the government will only produce an iphone and an andeoid apk). Identity theft via scams is super easy. You dont need to stsal devices you just nred to convince ppl to hand over their identities. Along with that there is the whole cybersecurity nightmare which Ive frankly found government agencies world wide the least competent in handling. Finally while digitisation makes processes easier, governments also tend to become lazier about servicing corner cases. Lets say for some reason you dont have some information for a form or need some special assitance woth a process, earlier you would be harassed by incompetent officials, but with sufficient fervor youd be able to get the job done. Now, with automated systems you will never be able to get help cause there is nobody to help you.