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We have universal ID cards here in Belgium. They have a chip and along with a special card reader usb device you can log in to govt websites related to taxes, p
by stef25 1y ago
We have universal ID cards here in Belgium. They have a chip and along with a special card reader usb device you can log in to govt websites related to taxes, pension and basically everything else.
If you have a smartphone you can use an app to scan a QR and log in that way. It's super convenient.
Where is the privacy problem if you use this system to consult your own civil data ? Privacy is a thing in the EU and it's a complex issue mainly because of these tech behemoths that need to know your shoe size before you can use their todo list app.
> Resist every single effort to make it easier for merchants and private entities to strongly identify users
How is this related to govt issued ID cards ?
- Dylan16807 1y agoIf it's easy enough to connect such an ID with arbitrary companies, I don't trust US privacy laws to prevent them from requiring it.
- Muromec 1y agoMaybe not having IDs is the reason why US doesn't have privacy protections and everybody can buy all the data anyway for 5 bucks from ad tech and telecoms.
- sneak 1y agoThe moment private entities can avoid spending money on auth and anti-sybil, they will simply default to using the government IdP, because auth is hard and fixing exceptions is expensive (CSRs, etc). Then, you will simply have to provide full government ID to every business for every transaction. Instant surveillance state (given that they can access all business records). This is not a world in which you wish to live. It is very important that you be able to transact without ID.