[lzauz]

Believe me if you have the first thing the latter things will eventually follow. At least in the EU "universally mandated" has been a reality for a very long time.

[idiotsecant]

That's the definition of the slippery slope fallacy. Those things need not necessarily follow, that's the point.

[Fargren]

There are many places with mandated ID. Can you mention one in which any of the others on the list have "eventually followed"? You are presenting speculation as unavoidable fact.

[Pxtl]

Then why haven't they done that already? "Hold your encryption key in escrow" is perfectly feasible without a national ID system.