Comment by lifeisstillgood
12 hours ago
I hold an unpopular opinion here, but well regulated digital IDs might not be a benefit to us all.
Almost all big tech giants are frankly paper tigers (can I survive without facebook, sure, without next day delivery, harder, without banking or secure ways to talk to my utility providers, waaay harder.
Having a way to get rid of bots that sour our Online discussions, lovely. To reduce billion in bank fraud, sounds great.
I feel as privacy advocates we need to be clear on the difference between secrecy (that’s gone unless you stay offline.) and privacy (your neighbour knows you are having sex in the afternoons but does not say anything.
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