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> associate the idea of a national ID with the "mark of the beast" This was absolutely true during the 2000s. The huge irony is that having a national ID (cen
by specialist 1y ago
> associate the idea of a national ID with the "mark of the beast"
This was absolutely true during the 2000s.
The huge irony is that having a national ID (central authenticator issuing globally unique identifiers) is the only way to protect PII, at the field level, at rest.
Per the Translucent Database strategy. Which I won't repeat here. Unless the peanut gallery develops a genuine interest.
In other words, not having Real ID (or equiv) enables our panoptic surveillance capitalistic dystopia.
- cosmic_cheese 1y ago> This was absolutely true during the 2000s. There was plenty of it in the lead-up to 2000, too. I had a family member who in the late 90s got swept up in some of the religious internet mania surrounding the mark that was tying it to the Y2K bug and all sorts of other things. It remains some of the most bonkers stuff I’ve ever seen, even in the modern era of heightened internet craziness.