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Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by iamnothere on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:29AM (#46121521)
Services do not regularly query your SSN or DL to determine if it is actively “in service” or is blocked. In fact most types of businesses don’t touch SSNs at all (the potential liability for mishandling it is radioactive). And the few that request licenses typically are only using it as part of a one-time KYC flow, there is no ongoing link to a central provider.
Re:India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app ... by eru on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:18PM (#46129529)
Yes, so you get all the downsides of

> "Legal" protections can disappear in one evening, and then you are left with a centralized system, very practical for population control.

but none of the upsides.