We're already there. Attestation is not in your phone, but in your ID card. European passports and ID cards carry biometric data of your face, so you can be computationally verified.

I'm aware of this slippery slope for a very long time, esp. with AI (check my comments if you prefer). On the other hand, I believe that we need to choose our battles wisely.

We believe that technology is the cause of these things, it's not. Remember:

    Necessity is the mother of invention.

The governments believe that this is the "necessity", so the technologies are developed and deployed. We need to change the beliefs, not the technology.

The same dystopian digital ID allows me to verify my identity to my bank while I'm having my breakfast saving everyone time. That e-sig allows me to have a practical PKI based security in my phone for sensitive things.

Nothing prevents these things from turning against me, except the ideas and beliefs of the people managing these things.

We need to change minds. Not the technology.