Politicians push government IDs.
In a TSA announcement, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sternly warns, “You will need a REAL ID to travel by air or visit federal buildings.”
European politicians go much further, reports Stossel TV producer Kristin Tokarev.
They’re pushing government-mandated digital IDs that tie your identity to nearly everything you do.
Spain’s prime minister promises “an end to anonymity” on social media!
Britain’s prime minister warns, “You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.”
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands enthusiastically told the World Economic Forum that digital IDs are good for knowing “who actually got a vaccination or not.”
Many American tech leaders also like digital IDs.
The second richest man in the world, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, says, “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything.”
That’s a good thing?
“That is a recipe for disaster and totalitarianism,” says privacy specialist Naomi Brockwell. “Privacy is not about hiding. It’s about an individual’s right to decide for themselves who gets access to their data. A digital ID will strip individuals of that choice.”
“I already have a government-issued ID,” says Tokarev. “Why is a digital one worse?”
“It connects everything,” says Brockwell. “Your financial decisions, social media posts, your likes, things that you’re watching, places you’re going. You won’t be able to voice things anonymously online anymore. Everything you say will be tied back to who you are.”
Digital ID backers say the new ID will make life easier.
“You can access your own money, make payments so much more easily,” says the U.K.’s prime minister.
Yes, says Brockwell, “until those services start saying, ‘No, you can’t use our system.'”
Even without a digital ID, Canada froze the bank accounts of truckers who protested COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
With a digital ID, politicians could do that much more easily.
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