Comment by digging
3 years ago
Comically, the primary national ID we use is one specifically designed not to be a national ID.
The secondary "national" IDs most of us use are simply state IDs or driver's licenses. They're not in a federal database, but I don't understand how that's meaningfully different. It's still a big government tracking system.
It was, but curiously, they've removed the related verbiage from new issuances.
They used to carry a disclaimer: FOR SOCIAL SECURITY PURPOSES • NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION