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Re:Thieves took their iPhones. Apple won't give their digita... by newsclues on Monday April 21, 2025 @05:09PM (#43756505)
Digital identity is an essential aspect of modern life.

The fact that the government doesn’t have a great standard for identity and it’s left to banks and tech companies is crazy.

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Re:Thieves took their iPhones. Apple won't give their digita... by unyttigfjelltol on Monday April 21, 2025 @07:39PM (#43757657)
Yes, this is literally one of a handful of core government functions.
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Re:Thieves took their iPhones. Apple won't give their digita... by 20after4 on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:08PM (#43757042)
Identity is a really hard problem to solve. Just about any scheme you can think of to verify identity, some smart criminal can think of a way to exploit or circumvent/abuse the system.
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Re:Thieves took their iPhones. Apple won't give their digita... by newsclues on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @06:58AM (#43760778)
Oh no a hard problem. Too bad we don't have smart people to solve it.

You know there are smart criminals who use fake, or fraudulent passports and travel documents? And yet we still go through the process of using them because a system with some control is better than chaos and no control.

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