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How many ways can you slice a cake? The point is that the more identifiable information that the monopoly on violence has the easier it is for something, anyth
by AndrewKemendo 11mo ago
How many ways can you slice a cake?
The point is that the more identifiable information that the monopoly on violence has the easier it is for something, anything really, to be used against you should your tribal affiliation conflict with the ruling party.
This is like politics 101
- dvdkon 11mo agoAt least where I live, there's no extra information being gathered. The only difference is that I no longer have to physically go somewhere to deal with that information, because I can sign in to government services online. Information that was previously in paper form and scattered across various bureaus is now being digitised and centralised, but that's orthogonal to "digital ID"!
- AndrewKemendo 11mo agoCentralized consolidation of PII IS THE RISK
- dvdkon 11mo agoYes, but that means digital ID isn't the thing to complain about.
- AndrewKemendo 11mo agoBoth. Digital ID is so threatening it would require a perfect organization Much like all technologies they have social impact at their roots and have to be evaluated together
- dvdkon 11mo agoI don't see how that's the case for digital ID by itself. I'm also pretty sure that we can analyse the impact of a single technology without also blaming it for the downsides of other, distinct policies.
- amarant 11mo agoSounds more like crack addict conspiracy theories 101 tbh