You've hit on the main tension, Brendan. Looking at how these systems have played out across Europe and Asia, the efficiency gains rarely outweigh the long-term privacy risks.
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Brendan O'18 Jul 2026
Quite a bold move for a first act! I can see why people would be wary of a digital ID system, but I wonder if we'll miss out on some of the efficiency it might have brought. Do you think this is the right call, or just playing it safe?
So essentially the same architecture under a different name. They still want access to your phone. In which case I'll just switch back to my old dumb phone.
Great, now what about mandatory Age Verification, which is effectively Digital ID by the backdoor. (Before anyone says it's just uploading a photo, it's not. It creates joinder between your paper proof of ID and what can potentially be a unique identifier stored digitally online and can be expanded in the future once in place (ie. Digital ID)
Why is it that no matter who steps up for the job, no matter their politics, is always shut down, shredded and dumped upon BEFORE they even get a chance to star their job?
Politics already has a deficit problem of beliefs in this country (which in turn will have a negative impact on the international stage which will in turn impact this country), why make it worse?
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Politics already has a deficit problem of beliefs in this country (which in turn will have a negative impact on the international stage which will in turn impact this country), why make it worse?