Good luck with digital id. Not gonna play along. No matter what.
For the non-government/private business however, it is indeed a matter of privacy. France rolled out a while ago the requirement to establish the user's age when accessing porn sites. I refuse to do that.
I'm not hiding it. It's on a plastic card that I paid the government to print for me. I'm happy to let them see that anytime they ask in relation to official business or legal concerns.
I do not want this ID to be digital, attached to any devices, or available for inspection outside of my control at any point in time.
> You can't exactly not fill in your name in your tax return.
I just sign them with ink. The same I do with any other contract or agreement. Surprisingly those contracts are just as valid as the tax bill I receive every year and yet no digital anything was ever involved with them. They're fully analog and yet fully enforceable by law.
> France rolled out a while ago the requirement to establish the user's age when accessing porn sites.
If you give them an inch they will take a mile, or perhaps, if you give them a centimeter they will take a kilometer. I couldn't care less if the government is somehow inconvenienced by analog privacy. I do not perceive any personal benefits from having my ID be "digital."
I'll add "and revocable in an instant".
I'm just not gonna hand them even more tools of control.
What else would the government have to offer? If I move I'll show up at some local entity, get my passport updated and I'll never think about it again until next time I move.
To say the least, he made some pretty serious compromises in life. He was a tattoo artist with no shop and effectively homeless when I knew him, if you were curious.
Anyway, sometimes the world moves on without you.
MUST. COMPLY.