[jrvieira]

Why do you think that's the only way?

[Almondsetat]

Your public, verifiable identity already exists because the government keeps track of it. Why would a third party need to be involved if the infrastructure is already available straight from the source? Also, if multiple providers existed, how could platforms avoid duplicates, in case of need?

[jrvieira]

You talk like we all live under the same government, and like it would be a good thing if we did.

[raxxorraxor]

I don't want government to be able to get my id. Especially the British and German governments have proved that their lack the maturity to work with such data. They couldn't even keep their fingers from Corona app data.

I would even prefer it to give my info to Elon Musk. He may be crazy, but he wouldn't be interested in my stupid opinions.

[JohnFen]

It's not the only way, but since the government already has lots of personal information about you, having them also do the ID thing means that I wouldn't need to expose myself to yet another company or otherwise expand my attack surface.

[jrvieira]

That's not how "attack surface" works. Having your information centralized is what makes you vulnerable.