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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2026
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If the alternative is everyone gets identity theft, I prefer the cryptography solution
The problem is that it's Evil even if it works "right"
It's not evil for me to use State-issued crypto ID for auth when opening a bank account or paying taxes or voting.
That's debatable.
It is if it creates artificial and unnecessary barriers to opening a bank account or voting, and if those barriers are for the profit and benefit of a cooperation rather than The People.
That smells like a false dichotomy... but, I'm heading on to other things better to do with my time than to think up examples outside those two possibilities.