Comment by CamperBob2
3 hours ago
Exactly. Personal data should be treated like radioactive material. Strictly regulated to such an extent that no one wants anything to do with it unless they absolutely have to use it in the course of their business. After that, their primary concern should be how to dispose of it quickly and safely.
Estonia has it's ID cards which can sign things....
That suddenly means a data leak doesn't matter - nobody can make new signatures.
Verifying someone's ID would be as simple as asking them to sign your company name and today's date.
The problem is... being opposed to a national ID card scheme is bipartisan in the US [1]. The Republicans go as far as to yap about "mark of the beast", the Democrats and the ACLU fear them being used as part of a surveillance state.
[1] https://www.nyclu.org/commentary/letter-beware-mark-beast-wa...