peasant on Nostr: Together with CBDCs, digital ID will be one of the big fights of the coming few ...

Together with CBDCs, digital ID will be one of the big fights of the coming few years.

It will be presented as convenience and bureaucracy-reduction. You mum will like it because she thinks it will help fix illegal immigration. Your sister will like it because she thinks it will mean fewer forms for childcare. Your friend will like it because he thinks it will be easier to claim benefits.

Explain to them how it will be abused. How, for example, the Chinese Govt makes people show digital ID to move between cities and quell protests. How, for example, the Sri Lankan Govt now makes people show digital ID to get their daily ration of fuel. Do you really think it won't be abused by your government to ration your 'carbon quota', reduce the mobility of 'troublemakers', or some other reason?