• ☭ Comrade Pup Ivy 🇨🇺@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    9 months ago

    I am still reading this, but I will say that I am annoyed by the Initial bashing of the ID system and constant pushing for eID. I understand that a phyical ID is not a super secure thing, however the electronic ID does not seem to significantly solve any of these issue, and has always struck me as an overly techbro solution, to something that has other solutions. Unless you are not taking about the same one I am, The one I am thinking of is the move in several states for like your drivers licence to just be an app on your phone

    That being said good write up, and yes photos should be significantly easier to remove

    • maltfield@monero.townOP
      3·
      9 months ago

      Hi, author here.

      I didn’t expound on eIDs, but I did link to the Estonian solution, which has been around for more than a decade. It has some issues, but I think it’s a good baseline that’s better than non-cryptographic State auth systems. I’m going to assume you’re talking about the US eID system. I haven’t looked much at the USA’s eID solution, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s terribly designed.

      The EU is currently working on an eID system, with the goal to force all Member States to adopt it by 2016. If done wrong, eIDs could be terrible. If done right, it could greatly improve the security & privacy for all. I recommend the Please Identify Yourself! talk at 37c3 about the state of eID legislation as of Dec 2023 (and how to learn from India, who did eID horribly wrong):