[givemeethekeys]

In Canada, the government successfully requested banks to freeze accounts of peaceful protestors.

Once an increasing share of your transactions with society become connected by an ID number, it is becomes trivial to limit your freedom.

[ivell]

Isn't social security number in many countries widely used, especially where it matters (insurance, banking, pension, etc.?). So we have a better solution? There are some privacy preserving IDs (self sovereign IDs), but I think to get such services, you still need a central ID?