Well, yeah, that is the primary purpose, but I don’t see how one can effectively have a modern state without Photo ID. I loathe surveillance, but I accept minor infringements upon me that I recognize as necessary for the sake of us all in many areas. Sorry if I’m explaining poorly!
I envision replacing the state’s central ID databases with a federated system of ID verifiers who have trust among each other and who are run by their members democratically. That way you can choose a verifier that you trust to keep your data private but can vouch for your among broader society.
Very similar to the way the fediverse works. I have my account along one instance, but other instances allow my identity as LibertyLizard to exist as a quasi-account elsewhere so that I can interact with everyone, and so everyone knows I am me. However my true identity does not need to be known for this to work.
I’ve been thinking along similar lines as this implicitly allows you to have multiple IDs, and for a lot of things it works well, especially if you can choose what attributes to attach to a specific ID, so, for instance, you could gave an ID that says you’re over 18, but gives no other information, and a separate one with your name and address.
Where it falls down is when you need to ensure individuals are only counted once, for instance, when voting. You could have a state ID issuer, but that gets us right back to the original problem.
I’ve genuinely never heard that before, why, if I may ask?
Because their primary purpose is to allow the state to surveil you. Which I don’t think is good.
Well, yeah, that is the primary purpose, but I don’t see how one can effectively have a modern state without Photo ID. I loathe surveillance, but I accept minor infringements upon me that I recognize as necessary for the sake of us all in many areas. Sorry if I’m explaining poorly!
I envision replacing the state’s central ID databases with a federated system of ID verifiers who have trust among each other and who are run by their members democratically. That way you can choose a verifier that you trust to keep your data private but can vouch for your among broader society.
Very similar to the way the fediverse works. I have my account along one instance, but other instances allow my identity as LibertyLizard to exist as a quasi-account elsewhere so that I can interact with everyone, and so everyone knows I am me. However my true identity does not need to be known for this to work.
I’ve been thinking along similar lines as this implicitly allows you to have multiple IDs, and for a lot of things it works well, especially if you can choose what attributes to attach to a specific ID, so, for instance, you could gave an ID that says you’re over 18, but gives no other information, and a separate one with your name and address.
Where it falls down is when you need to ensure individuals are only counted once, for instance, when voting. You could have a state ID issuer, but that gets us right back to the original problem.