However it is applied where you are, it is not the world. That’s one of the points I have been trying to make. Let’s say you live in Germany, if according to you Germany has great digital ID implementation that protects privacy, that doesn’t mean it’s the same in Brazil, or Japan, or India, or Sudan, or Argentina, or Kenya.
Your bias seems to be that if it’s fine for where you are, it must be fine and exactly the same everywhere else. Your comment reminds of the many times I’ve seen people ask for advice on Reddit, and responders assume OP is American by giving American answers.
Some will ask where can I buy X. And people will reply, you can get at X Walmart, by assuming that everyone is American without even asking where OP is located, or specifying that the solution they are proposing is only available to people in the US.
Thank you for specifying.
In other countries, digital ID centralize more data. Moreover, many countries that have updated their national physical IDs, have added more data to those IDs. Data that wasn’t there before, like your voting registration record, your fingerprints, your iris data, etc…
If national IDs have evolved to add more personal data to your profile, there is good reason to believe that digital IDs could and would do the same anywhere in the world, even in Germany and Austria.
Thank you for clarifying. I personally find it interesting that there are countries like Australia and the UK that are outstanding in some areas of privacy, such as by never having any national IDs, but are abysmal in other areas, such as by having cameras everywhere in their cities (UK), or invasive spying laws (UK & Australia).
No worries. The report is very interesting. I’m currently going through it. IMO, it should serve as a blueprint for fighting digital and national ID surveillance in other countries.