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Re:The "email is authentication" pattern by JumpCrisscross on Saturday September 07, 2024 @04:15PM (#41476199)
> Government provided digital IDs would solve a lot of this

A lot of what? It seems like the worst of all worlds, given that ID would not only cross unlock some highly sensitive things, but also be difficult to change and tremendously revealing.

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Re:The "email is authentication" pattern by iknowstuff on Saturday September 07, 2024 @07:33PM (#41477108)
Nah the government could just give a website a unique id per real user per website, without revealing who the user is. Merely verifying that they are the same person as last time.
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