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The comments section on the article discuss this at some length.

Personally, I think most governments will eventually decide to legislate both safety and privacy together. The argument will be that requiring ID is acceptable when the data tied to that ID has privacy protections. The EU seems headed in this direction.

I expect keeping that compact will be next to impossible, but governments work with the tools they have—legislation and regulation—and expect the industry involved to solve the implementation details.