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> what purpose is there to hide one's identity?

I'm not hiding it. It's on a plastic card that I paid the government to print for me. I'm happy to let them see that anytime they ask in relation to official business or legal concerns.

I do not want this ID to be digital, attached to any devices, or available for inspection outside of my control at any point in time.

> You can't exactly not fill in your name in your tax return.

I just sign them with ink. The same I do with any other contract or agreement. Surprisingly those contracts are just as valid as the tax bill I receive every year and yet no digital anything was ever involved with them. They're fully analog and yet fully enforceable by law.

> France rolled out a while ago the requirement to establish the user's age when accessing porn sites.

If you give them an inch they will take a mile, or perhaps, if you give them a centimeter they will take a kilometer. I couldn't care less if the government is somehow inconvenienced by analog privacy. I do not perceive any personal benefits from having my ID be "digital."

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> I do not want this ID to be digital, attached to any devices, or available for inspection outside of my control at any point in time.

I'll add "and revocable in an instant".




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