@fencoul I really struggle to answer this with a simple yes or no.
I acknowledge your example of Estonia - it could be done fairly effectively. And I can think of numerous excellent social use cases that would get soo much easier if everyone had a digital ID that everyone else could trust.
But I worry about how it would be implemented and maintained. What happens _when_ an ID is stolen? Will all actors have access to all uses? What happens _when_ an authentication check gets compromised?
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@fencoul I also worry about how it might get used. For example there are people that want to establish analogues of the Chinese Social Credit System (which depends on a universal digital ID) and introduce the kinds of societal controls it enables.
And even if I trusted the government, can I trust the next one, or the one after that?
So… a real struggle.
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Fen C
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