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Re:European Accelerationism Open Letter – EU/acc by talldayo on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:40PM (#41369558)
> Extend standardisation to public digital infrastructures such as health records, KYC, transport systems, payments, and e-signatures, which should be accessible via REST APIs

If my government made my health records available via a REST API then I might be looking for a new country to live in.

Re:European Accelerationism Open Letter – EU/acc by petrusnonius on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:08PM (#41372376)
Fair enough but it's not as uncommon as you might think and a lot of people are fine with it as long as consent is required, a bit like open banking. There are quite a few apps in the UK that leverage exactly that, here's one example: https://www.patientaccess.com/