makeasnek Mod , (edited )
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Digital IDs are step one to a central bank digital currency which is probably the greatest threat to individual liberty, privacy, and financial autonomy we will face in our lifetimes. Imagine a currency supply the government can manipulate at will, where the government has 100% visibility into every transactions you make big or small, where the government can print and un-print money at will or dictate where and how you spend it. And imagine when the political party you don't like is suddenly in control of this kind of power. Central banks already engage in enough shady behavior and market manipulation and if we give them this power, they will never give it back. This is a dangerous road imo. Plus, a CBDC provided a centralized database of all transactions can be hacked and leaked because that happens to all centralized databases, so now not only does the government know every transaction of yours, so does the world.

If we need the ability to do digital ID verification, there are decentralized opt-in ways to do this which don't pose these same threats of centralized control and provide a safe opt-out/safety valve mechanism if the people administering that system are not trustworthy. CBDCs provide no such alternative.

Mazoku ,

Absolutely insane that you’re being downvoted. You are 100% correct

vox ,
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finally

krolden ,
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What the hell is the European Union Public License?

BrikoX OP ,
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https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/69f87684-85e9-49cf-97a1-af5e7546afee.webp

delirious_owl ,
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How did they allow it to be closed before?!?

Digger9850 ,

Let people help to dig their own holes. That’s called the ultimate evil under the disguise of doing a good job. Disgusting

Schlemmy ,

I don't get the downvotes. It is dangerous af, these digital id's.

Mazoku ,

Agreed.

stefano ,

I think it’s quite common in Europe, even Italy’s state service app is open source

https://github.com/pagopa

shaked_coffee ,
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Public money, public code! 🎉

GravitySpoiled ,

Is it better than the german open source app?
https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp

agressivelyPassive ,

Yes, since it's more than just an id app.

vox ,
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well diia also handles stuff like government services, polls and digital signatures

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