[FranchuFranchu]

This idea ("I'm against IDs because I fear what they'll do with it") is really interesting to me, because in my country (Argentina) a large part of the national pro-ID sentiment comes from looking back on our own history and attempting to prevent some of the human rights abuses that were committed in our country.

The last dictatorship tried to erase dissident's identities, kidnapped their children and erased their links with their previous family. As a consequence, Argentina now has a "Right to Identity" enshrined into our Constitution and deeply ingrained into our society and culture.

[philwelch]

How do you imagine registering your identities with the government is going to protect you from the government?

[asadotzler]

safeguards. how do you imagine anything secure works at all anywhere?

[philwelch]

“Safeguards”? What does that even mean in this context?