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Re:Google Is Bringing Electronic IDs to Android by antpls on Friday May 10, 2019 @02:02PM (#19880489)
I would say, let Google develops the tech and figures out where are the blocking points, and then it could eventually become a standard and be implemented by other actors.

About making the technology reliable and secure, I do trust Google more than my bank.

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Re:Google Is Bringing Electronic IDs to Android by user9023 on Friday May 10, 2019 @06:27PM (#19882852)
Banks are the worst but they are in the game for centuries and there are thousands of laws and jurisprudence for banks. And mark my words, laws will be too little, too late. We need to stop the "move fast and break things" now, we should put ethics side by side with "because we can" otherwise people will suffer the.consequences
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Re:Google Is Bringing Electronic IDs to Android by antpls on Saturday May 11, 2019 @03:47AM (#19885099)
> We need to stop the "move fast and break things" now,

I understand your concerns, but I believe we should upgrade the Democratic system to give people more direct and more often opportunities to change the law rather than slow down technology progression

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Re:Google Is Bringing Electronic IDs to Android by sieabahlpark on Saturday May 11, 2019 @06:58PM (#19888900)
The reason we live in the economy and government today with such successful companies and people is because you can't change the law on a whim.

The predictable rate of change of laws is actually by design. It doesn't let a single government change everything.

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