• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Government backdoors are super secure and they’re totally the only ones who can access guys we swear!

      definitely wont have an always online requirement that will fuck you over in a busy place like say, an airport, either

      • xodoh74984@lemmy.world
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        There are. There isn’t any difference. It’s like people being afraid of facial recognition for border checks. It’s creepy at first, but governments already have pictures of everyone’s faces from their ID’s. They don’t gain anything from the additional photo except efficiency to speed up a process that’s already in place.

        Edit: I will say that I would never want a government app directly linking my ID to my phone unless I could be absolutely sure it wasn’t doing anything creepy in the background. I wish sandboxing apps was a default feature for all smartphones.

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    This is bad idea. Phones are locked down and centrally controlled, even if the app is going to be FOSS and actually secure.

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      The current eID system could be used.

      Someone that wants to check your password shows you a QR code from the government all and you use the eID to scan and authorize.

      The person that shows you the code will then be able to access the information they are permitted to see. Border guard gets a digital ID for example.

      Hell this could even work for buying alcohol. Store profile > Check if of legal drinking age. The only thing the person gets back is a green checkmark or a red cross.

      The access to your profile is logged to your profile with Date, time, who accessed it, why they accessed it and what access profile they had.

      This makes sure it is transparent and that you as a user have control over when it is accessible.

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    Good God why do people think this is ever a good idea? I’ll keep my paper passport thank you