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by hyperman1 1469 days ago
This has been solved by just about any other western country, and probably a lot of other countries.

E.g. I have an eID card. The gov can reset the pin. There are procedures to request a new one. Therecare revocation lists. Fake eIDs are rare. Its not perfect, but it works great compared to the USA.

The real problem is a semi religious fear of the US governement having working ID systems. So there are all kinds of half baked substitutes in use, that barely work and push the trouble on the end user. ID theft is a solved problem just about anywhere, if the US wants it, it can solve it too.