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The best implementation I know of digital ID is the one in Estonia. It comes with a data tracker, such that each citizen can see who exactly has been looking at their data [1].

[1]: https://e-estonia.com/digital-id-protecting-against-surveill...

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Done more or less like that in Belgium too. Basically, if any civil servant look at your data, this is recorded in the "Banque Carrefour de la Sécurité Sociale". Your eid is used to authentify/authorize you on various state web site (which is OK)

Have been using this service in Belgium and it really helps you gain trust. Ofcourse no one knows if there is still a back door

You should totally assume by default that there is a backdoor. Makes no sense whatsoever for the authorities to grant themselves less power.

US credit reports also show you who is looking at them. Does visibility really matter when mandatory participation is normalized as a part of functioning in society?

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