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I feel like every time Facebook has ever tried to do its own thing, it’s been a fiery disaster… all they do is just copy other successful models. What an evil, lame company.

GeorgeBMac said:

Maybe this will be an opportunity to fix a broken ID system

Super ironic, as that was the goal of REAL ID [following the 9/11 terrorist attacks], as recommended by the 9/11 Commission.

First, until Department of Homeland Security updates REAL ID regulations (neither a simple nor fast process), this really doesn’t matter.

US citizens cannot board a plane unless they show REAL ID-compliant identification, and the current statues say nothing about digital identification.

Second, once DHS does its thing, each State will need to wire up their DMVs (et al) to do adopt the standard. This, too, will not be a fast process.

Nationwide, interoperable digital ID is at least a half decade away. Welcome to bureaucracy.

Voting without a paper trail is a very bad idea. Watch the movie Kill Chain if you want to understand why.

I work in tech and feel comfortable asserting I probably know more about technology than 99% of people … but then I read something like this and realize I am an absolute illiterate sitting duck compared to some people out there.