Comment by Daunk

2 hours ago

Probably because they're not corrupt America. They don't walk around checking their back every minute for "Uncle Freedom" screwing them over.

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tamimio  2 hours ago

It isn’t about corruption, when your data is now shared freely with other “partners”.

> Norway, Sweden, and Israel partner to test CBDCs (https://reclaimthenet.org/norway-sweden-and-israel-partner-t...)

Debanking someone is basically ending their lives in modern days, when your ID is linked to the banks, an ID that’s also to be used for digital services, you could get debanked for criticizing a politician in the future, for example.

And uncle freedom sure will get that data from their “closest ally”, not to mention any breaches like what happened in Sweden recently, a country that also wants to strap tracking on 13yo.

Digital ID is a nightmare anywhere’s used, it will turn any government into a totalitarian state.

  • rokkamokka  2 hours ago

    How is this different from any other form of identification? If you are stripped of that you still wouldn't be able to access these services.

    • M95D  1 hour ago

      I never heard of an ID card being revoked. Reasons for refusing to renew it are also very few in my country - like not having a place to live (owned or rented).

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    • tamimio  1 hour ago

      The difference is the link between your digital footprint and real life one. Without a digital ID, there’s a huge margin of using many digital services while maintaining a privacy, even more, anonymity too. With a digital ID, there’s a connected link between the two, further expanding the surveillance capabilities, coupled with AI to profile user’s sentiment and emotions (in Canada, they admit that will be one of the use cases https://www.canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-governmen...), you will end up in some monitored list for just stating some online opinions, if not even getting a visit, or more.

      There are even tools are being sold to do that, an israeli company called logivote made a tool to scan the social media and check who bad mouthed the politicians. So expect in the near future, you bad mouth one, you get sent to jail the next day, or debanked.

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