Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse
by fvdessen on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:21AM
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In Europe there's eIDAS. You install an app on your phone that can be used to identify yourself. This is used to sign documents, payments, single sign on to other apps / websites, etc. During onboarding you will need to verify your identity with the help of the government, banks, or other recognised authorities. Afterwards it's just the app. It works very well.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse
by bjelkeman-again on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:08PM
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The thing is that in some cultures people are strongly against ID cards. In the UK for example, for a long time there was a fight against a national identity card. Even though you have to get one (a passport) to travel abroad. Instead they would use electricity bills to prove things like you actually live somewhere. Or the driver license was a pice of paper, with no photo. With fraud as a result.
I think it is based on that in some countries there is less trust in the government than in other countries.
Where I live, Sweden, it is very hard to live without an ID card/passport and starting to get hard without a digital ID.
However, the privacy laws and prevention against abuse is fairly good. Not perfect I am sure but pretty good, compared with the US or even the UK (both places I have lived).