misk@piefed.social to Europe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 days agoSwiss voters narrowly approve plan for electronic ID cardswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-linkSwiss voters narrowly approve plan for electronic ID cardswww.bbc.commisk@piefed.social to Europe@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareshaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-216 days agoSeeing what’s happening in the UK with digital ID’s, this is scary and bad for privacy Edit: Scary for privacy and freedom.
minus-squaremisk@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoHow so? They already have a government issued IDs tracked via central register and all this does is offer it via different medium for convenience. Privacy is better because you can select which data points you’re sharing / confirming.
minus-squareshaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoThis is better in the same sense digital money is better until they freeze your account for some arbitrary reason Digital ID is so fancy and so convenient, IF the government never missuses it, as they are doing it in the UK, forcing it
minus-squaremisk@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoHow can this be misused specifically? Your ID is in a central register already.
Seeing what’s happening in the UK with digital ID’s, this is scary and bad for privacy
Edit: Scary for privacy and freedom.
How so? They already have a government issued IDs tracked via central register and all this does is offer it via different medium for convenience. Privacy is better because you can select which data points you’re sharing / confirming.
This is better in the same sense digital money is better until they freeze your account for some arbitrary reason
Digital ID is so fancy and so convenient, IF the government never missuses it, as they are doing it in the UK, forcing it
How can this be misused specifically? Your ID is in a central register already.