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by ellopoppit 1456 days ago
Indeed.

Do you think extrapolating that governments and corporations may use a universal digital ID for mass surveillance, from the proven fact that governments and corporations work together to perform mass surveillance, is within that limit of valid speculation?

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Yes, that statement seems perfectly reasonable to me. The proposal, depending on its design (support for pseudonymity?), has potential to solve some security problems, but could cause others.