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because simple, easy-to-use ID lowers the barrier for demanding ID in more places and attacking anonymity. the easier we make it to demand id, the more people will demand it. wanna use a fake name/not divulge your identity? doing something politically sensitive where you may need some protection? just like your privacy? tough shit show your id or GTFO.

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Shouldn't we instead solve the problem that you might "need some protection" because you're doing something political - instead of relying on security-through-obscurity which honestly doesn't even really work anymore, IDs or no IDs. There's so many other ways for governments to track people of interest these days.

i disagree with the assumption that it's a solvable problem. people remain fallible and the correct solution is to mitigate our downside by minimizing state power. not disagreeing with the idea that we also need to work on lots of other ways to reduce its power and ability to track people btw.

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