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		isk517 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to... Arguably it's purpose is to define where government responsibility ends and tyranny begins. Very useful if the population it applies to cares about it being violated

gizajob 17 days ago | [–]

The Magna Carta was meant to formalise that spec 800 years ago.

exe34 17 days ago | [–]

I suspect there is a hysteresis loop - it has to get really bad before the population changes phase.

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