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Re:HTTPS Deployment Growing by Leaps and Bounds by riffic on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:55PM (#13246856)
> In this “modern” world, it seems past time for governments to start supplying digital IDs.

Good graces just stop. While this may seem like a step in the right direction and offer a great amount of convenience, one can only imagine how this would be abused by authoritarian powers.

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Re:HTTPS Deployment Growing by Leaps and Bounds by 234dd57d2c8db on Friday December 23, 2016 @06:47PM (#13247866)
Not just that, but the government has leaked millions of database records on everything from top-secret clearance holders to medical records to you name it. Their security posture is insulting.
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