Reliably verifying real-world identities online is a hard problem. I personally don't enjoy faxing my driver's license several times to get it to come through l

Reliably verifying real-world identities online is a hard problem. I personally don't enjoy faxing my driver's license several times to get it to come through legibly, handing out my SSN like candy, scanning bank statements, answering questions about previous residences, and waiting for a 48-hour manual review process just to do any sort of business that's tied to a real identity. The existing system is archaic, fundamentally insecure, and horrendously broken from a UX standpoint. As far as privacy, the federal government is already an identity provider required by many services (in the form of social security numbers). I have no objection to it performing that role more securely and efficiently.