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0 pointstokyodude7y ago0 comments

Kind of wish the EFF or some group similar would sue or push to have the law require not using that info as ID with fines for non-compliance.

It's inexcusable that someone can pretend to be you, sign up for stuff at various services, and some how that ends up being your responsibility to fix. It should be the various businesses who failed to correctly identify you and they should be financially liable, not you who had ZERO to do with it.

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closeparen7y ago

We’d need a stronger government-backed identity/authentication scheme to replace it, which civil liberties groups like EFF vehemently oppose.

tokyodudeOP7y ago

do we need government backed id? is there no other solution?

closeparen7y ago

As long as there are property rights, contracts, and taxes, yes. Whatever the courts accept as proof that you own an asset or owe a debt is government backed ID. We only choose the quality and security properties of that system.

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0 pointstokyodude7y ago0 comments

Kind of wish the EFF or some group similar would sue or push to have the law require not using that info as ID with fines for non-compliance.

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closeparen7y ago

We’d need a stronger government-backed identity/authentication scheme to replace it, which civil liberties groups like EFF vehemently oppose.

tokyodudeOP7y ago

do we need government backed id? is there no other solution?

closeparen7y ago

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