• falseWhite@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I think you’re connecting digital IDs with people’s online activity.

    Online activity is already being tracked since the advent of Facebook and maybe earlier. As you said ao yourself.

    With digital IDs it will be possible to track people’s activity offline.

    Wanna buy alcohol? Let’s scan your ID, record all your personal information, record what you were buying, record the time and location! BAM! You’ve just been tracked offline.

    Are you an antifascist terrorist? Wee woo wee woo! That’s the sound the fascist police will make when they come to arrest you for that antifa post you made, because they have been alerted of your location in real time.

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      4 days ago

      I don’t understand. Police can track you down via your credit card, your phone, your licence plate on your car, rando security cameras. All of these are hard to avoid. How often does your ID not just get checked, but recorded? It seems like not much of a game changer.