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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:33PM (#16546948)
> Although that goes over like a lead balloon whenever it's brought up.

Coming with a country that has a national ID, the US issue with it always caused me laughter. But on the other hand, identification by the state is one of the highest forms of privacy. Its pretty incredible the US has managed to be without that.

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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by maxerickson on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:37PM (#16547422)
In practice, more than 90% of US adults have a state issued photo id:

http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AMERIC...

And not having one often puts people at a disadvantage. So it's a little fuzzier than managing to be without them.

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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by reaperducer on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:07PM (#16547220)
Do you also laugh at the EU's "right to be forgotten" legislation?
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:10PM (#16547245)
I think its trying to stop sunlight with your hands.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:23PM (#16547326)
Technology is the servant of society, not the other way around. The sky is not falling because the tech industry is finally being reined in.

[+] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16531817 | [+] http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at...

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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:50PM (#16547523)
Wouldn't the analogy be that we are the servants to the state, as the state tells you what you can or can't do?
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:02PM (#16547607)
No, because we have the right to vote, making the state the servant to us. Whether we have properly executed that responsibility is clearly a discussion for a different thread.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by conanbatt on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:45PM (#16547923)
You have the right not to use online services...the right to vote is not a declaration of submission.

Particularly when you voted against and a measure was still infringed upon you.

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