What she is describing is something like the mobile phone based BankID system in Sweden (and other equivalents in the nordics). It's called 'BankID' because you initially used it to log into your bank acccount, but now also every other government institution and many online shopping sites too. You need to KYC at a bank to get it and without it you're basically unpersonned.
There are alternate ways to access services and buisnesses, but they are cumbersome and not well supported. BankID is very convienent and ubiquitous, but there are down sides. I've read stories of old people being tricked into approving a login over the phone and having their bank accounts drained with no recourse due to the agreements you sign to get a BankID. It's also a good first step towards turn key totalitarianism and panopticon surveilance.
I like how LNURL logins are a decentralized version of the BankID system. It gives you a similar convience, but you control your own keys. You also do not tie your online grocery store id and video rental id with your government tax id.
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