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by yunruse 2165 days ago
It would create a small financial (and convenience) pressure to use one identity. Careful design would be needed to ensure that multiple identities are encouraged and accepted.
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There is enormous pressure to converge on one identity. IAM has huge network effects. On-boarding customers is an expense so businesses and governments rely heavily on existing rails like email, SSN+DOB, Facebook, SMS, etc. If you don't want to surrender SSN or your whole Facebook profile your only option is to reject the service entirely.
Facebook accounts are available for $1-$10, payable in cryptocurrencies.
More like $25-50. But even then, it likely doesn’t have the attributes attached to it that you want if you have a particular target.