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I'm not sure how this relates to the main argument that "digital IDs are bad because they lead to perfect enforcement".

• maratc 1y ago
  My argument is that “digital ids can’t be faked” is a bad argument, and if you rely on it to prove a point then it might be a weak proof. (Digital IDs indeed can’t be faked but usually they are a part of a process that can be easily bypassed by using something that presents itself as a valid Digital ID even if it’s not.)
  • stavros 1y ago
    They'll be a part of a process that can be easily bypassed until they're the only thing that's accepted.
    • maratc 1y ago
      I don't think they will, as this will leave a significant amount of population without ids. The fallback will always be there. Credit cards are a great example: they can't be faked, however while the cryptographers are sitting on their high hill and patting themselves on the back for doing great job, the credit card fraud rings billions of dollars every month. It doesn't happen because of fake cards -- it happens by exploiting the flaws in the whole process that a (non-fakeable) card is a part of.