[winstonwinston]

> I see a few people here complaining about the idea of a central digital identity service.

Digital identity service is fine for gov services. It’s not OK as a hard requirement for anything else such as banking.

Digital ID in my country is down for about 7 days and counting. iOS app no longer opens after the recent update. I cannot pay tax without digital id app working but i can do banking and everything else.

[Tehnix]

> It’s not OK as a hard requirement for anything else such as banking.

What’s the alternative that you think is okay for that then?

Certain businesses have regulatory requirements to know and verify your identity (banking, telco).

A UK poster gave an example of how they need to mail the bank a copy of their passport and other private information.

I’d certainly much prefer simply using a digital login solution as an alternative to that. They can verify I am who I say I am, without needing my passport which I would consider a much bigger privacy invasion to hand out.

[winstonwinston]

I have an electronic certificate for sign and verify on my physical national identity chip card. You either use it physically or online but only at times when identity confirmation is required.

[delusional]

> It’s not OK as a hard requirement for anything else such as banking.

It is in fact not a hard requirement. It just happens that when you have a relatively cheap and efficient digital identity, which is by definition trusted by the government, banks will use that to reduce risk. It's not that they can't verify your identity any other way, this is just the obvious and easy one.