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by sjw987 266 days ago
The implementation bothers me.

They've announced it'll take the form of an app on a smartphone. What do non-smartphone users do? They don't even know yet.

I'm fine with a unifying ID, even a digital one. But why must it be on my phone? Am I going to need to carry my phone with me everywhere I go? I know some people already live like this, but I don't, and I don't want to have to.

At the moment it's just for right to work, but in the end I'm sure it'll be linked to more things. Eventually not carrying a smartphone around with you (and all the internet connected sensors that it holds) is going to make you suspicious, when really that should be the norm or baseline.