Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ...
by dvdkon on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @05:16AM
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At least where I live, there's no extra information being gathered. The only difference is that I no longer have to physically go somewhere to deal with that information, because I can sign in to government services online.
Information that was previously in paper form and scattered across various bureaus is now being digitised and centralised, but that's orthogonal to "digital ID"!
Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ...
by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @12:12PM
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Centralized consolidation of PII IS THE RISK
Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ...
by dvdkon on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @12:19PM
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Yes, but that means digital ID isn't the thing to complain about.
Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ...
by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @02:52PM
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Both. Digital ID is so threatening it would require a perfect organization
Much like all technologies they have social impact at their roots and have to be evaluated together
Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ...
by dvdkon on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @03:51PM
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I don't see how that's the case for digital ID by itself. I'm also pretty sure that we can analyse the impact of a single technology without also blaming it for the downsides of other, distinct policies.
The point is that the more identifiable information that the monopoly on violence has the easier it is for something, anything really, to be used against you should your tribal affiliation conflict with the ruling party.
This is like politics 101