[tokyodude]

Kind of wish the EFF or some group similar would sue or push to have the law require not using that info as ID with fines for non-compliance.

It's inexcusable that someone can pretend to be you, sign up for stuff at various services, and some how that ends up being your responsibility to fix. It should be the various businesses who failed to correctly identify you and they should be financially liable, not you who had ZERO to do with it.

[closeparen]

We’d need a stronger government-backed identity/authentication scheme to replace it, which civil liberties groups like EFF vehemently oppose.

[tokyodude]

do we need government backed id? is there no other solution?

[closeparen]

As long as there are property rights, contracts, and taxes, yes. Whatever the courts accept as proof that you own an asset or owe a debt is government backed ID. We only choose the quality and security properties of that system.