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> The only real solution is to implement some sort of identity management system, but that has so many issues that make it a non-starter. Apple and Alphabet se
by lotsofpulp 1y ago
> The only real solution is to implement some sort of identity management system, but that has so many issues that make it a non-starter.
Apple and Alphabet seem positioned to easily enable it.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digi...
- JSR_FDED 1y agoI don’t get it. That link refers to Apple letting you put your passport and drivers license info in the wallet on your phone.
- Astronaut3315 1y agoApple’s Wallet app presents this feature as being for “age and identity verification in apps, online and in person”.
- pixl97 1y agoAlphabet the company that bans people for opaque reasons with no recourse, good idea. Maybe tech should not be in charge of digital identification
- lotsofpulp 1y agoThe governments like it that way. They want banks and tech companies to be intermediaries that are more difficult to hold accountable, because they can just say “we didn’t feel like doing business with this person”.
- bpt3 1y agoThey certainly could in theory, but it's hard to think of any company I'd trust to do it. These two certainly aren't on the list.
- lotsofpulp 1y agoThey don’t need you to trust them, just the governments and majority of the market.