In June 2019, before the pandemic, id2020.org was pushing that digital identity be not limited to developed nations but for it to be global/universal<ref>"The Need for Good Digital ID is Universal ", 24 Jun 2019 Capture, https://web.archive.org/web/20190624141202/https://id2020.org/digital-identity</ref> deployment.
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* “The Need for Good Digital ID is ''Universal''”,
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* “current models of digital ID do not meet ''everyone’s'' needs”,
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* “They are … for over a billion people ''worldwide'', unavailable.”,
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* “''Everyone'' should have access to a digital ID that enables them to prove who they are across institutional and international borders .. while giving them control ....”
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So it was ''inconvenient'' to get everyone digital ID. <br />
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Perhaps convenient ''soon after'', was the unprecedented market demand for digital (health) credentials, the Good Health Pass Initiative mused :
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* “..Because numerous companies around the world are racing to market with digital health credential solutions, it is unlikely that one solution will be implemented globally.”<ref>"Good Health Pass initiative", report, Captured 14 Dec 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20211214164117/https://idservice.com/content/dam/public/mastercardcom/idservice/pdf/Good-Health-Pass.pdf</ref>