A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks citizen behavior

Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit... by metildaa on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:50PM (#18454364)

SSNs have been terribly abused by private industry. They were never meant to be handled by private companies, but here we are with a non-consentual credit scoring system based atop it.

Should people be required to hold a national ID card? It may have been rammed through in Germany, but many are not happy with national IDs. Its a basic consent of the people problem IMO. Passive acceptance is not consent or support, but merely dealing with the situation at hand.

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Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit... by guitarbill on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:01PM (#18454480)

What's your point? People have driving licenses, a passport and never think twice about using credit cards or loyalty cards. But somehow an ID card is uniquely dangerous? I don't buy it. The status quo is already worse!

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Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit... by walshemj on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:23PM (#18454708)

Its because its so open to abuse by the police and reminds people (sorry germany) the Gestapo - that's why post ww2 the UK rejected ID cards.

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Re:A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks cit... by metildaa on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:07PM (#18454547)

The status quo is terrible, that is not a good reason to add a "secure" national ID though, it is apt to make the problem of tracking worse.

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