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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by zkmon on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:22PM (#50486654)
EU is definitely miles ahead of USA and other developed nations in building regulatory coverage most IT things. That's a great thing on one hand, but also leads to business and user friction on the other hand, due to the process burden and tech challenges the one need to go through. Every innovation has a hidden cost that gets shadowed by the excitement of the innovation.

Not to mention the huge centralization that is being caused by cloud tech. Centralization creates single point of failures and network effects.

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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by christkv on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:35PM (#50486844)
No it's not because in the wrong hands this is a tool og tyranny
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Re:EU Digital Identity Wallet rollout: every EU state on one... by iknowstuff on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:45PM (#50487037)
This overall commentary about EU's regulation seems misplaced here.

Harmonization of digital IDs is a good thing. It makes cross-border business easier and more secure. Integration of European markets is the whole point of the EU.

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