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New Bill Plans To Co-Opt USPS To Distribute Digital IDs
(reclaimthenet.org)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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This is step one in building towards a CBDC (central bank digital currency) where the government can see every transaction you make regardless of size and without any legal justification to access that data. It's the end of privacy and enables turnkey fascism. Programmable money that not only lets them see all your transactions, but can stop you from spending money at certain places or in certain ways. It would integrate easily with a social credit score system.
Imagine a government you don't want in charge having that kind of power and insight. Imagine a government which already broadly abuses civil forfeiture laws now having that much control over the actual currency. Surprised to see Wyden being the sponsor of this bill, he has a long history of standing for people's right to privacy.
Edit: I understand why we need a nationally-recognized ID system and why SSNs are terrible. I am just very inherently skeptical of anything that grants more power to the government, especially when there is a decent chance a government which intends to take away rights like abortion and freedom to even discuss the existence of non-straight people currently has control of the supreme court and may very well win the next presidential race.