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by nijave 112 days ago
Imo these are nice to haves. The physical system of ID cards already has these problems but works well enough.

People can loan their ID to someone else (ask college kids with an older sibling...)

When you use your physical ID, the government frequently can deanonymize you either through automated databases (especially when purchasing drugs) or subpoenaing for camera footage, visitor lists, etc