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by MuffinFlavored 2519 days ago
> - How will identification work?

I'm always confused how I can apply for a mortgage / loan (aka a legally binding financial contract) online with just some details like my name + social security number, but this method of identification seems to not be acceptable when discussing voting?
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packet_nerd 2519 days ago
It really should not be acceptable for financial contracts either.

Consumers lost more than 16B to fraud in 2016:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/01/consumers-lost-more-than-16b...

The Equifax breach lost data of 145 million Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax#May%E2%80%93July_2017_...

Passwords are still the norm for online authentication, despite providing terrible user-hostile security. The US social security number is used both as an identifier, and as a static never-changing password.

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mijamo 2519 days ago
Because people are not okay with their voting history being available to anybody, including the government?
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MuffinFlavored 2519 days ago
Banks know what you spend + where.

Your smartphone knows what photos you send to who.

People put their voting preferences on their lawn + bumper sticker in America. I never knew voting was secretive?

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