The Open Rights Group warns the government’s digital ID plan is a “surveillance infrastructure” leading to “unprecedented tracking.” They point to the faulty eVisa scheme.
Digital ID debate: Privacy group warns of 'unprecedented tracking' and 'surveillance'
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misk@piefed.social 3 hours ago
I always get amused by this kind of thing. Governments keep track of you using multiple different IDs already so those rights groups are essentially advocating that data analysts have to join some more tables before getting the results we’re being warned about.