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''See also [[Covid passport]], [[Vaccine passports]]''<br />
''See also [[Covid passport]], [[Vaccine passports]]''<br />
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Digital ID refers to an extension of current physical ID documents such as driver’s licences, passports and bank cards.. Digital ID is a way to verify who we are online securely, in a manner that offers data protection and safeguards our personal information<ref>https://www.interac.ca/en/content/ideas/what-is-digital-identity</ref>.
Digital ID refers to an extension of current physical ID documents such as driver’s licences, passports and bank cards.. Digital ID is a way to verify who we are online securely, in a manner that offers data protection and safeguards our personal information<ref>https://www.interac.ca/en/content/ideas/what-is-digital-identity</ref>.
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Alternative definitions may be found in [[Digital_ID#Criticisms|criticism]] section.
==Purpose==
==Purpose==
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== Legal Identity for all, UN SDG target 16.9==
According to ''United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Statistics Division'', everyone has the right to be recognized as a person before the law, as enshrined in Article 6 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Article 16 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Sustainable Development Goal Target 16.9 ("legal identity for all, including birth registration, by 2030") is key to advance the 2030 Agenda commitment to leave no one behind, and equally relevant is SDG 17.19 — support to statistical capacity-building in developing countries, monitored by the indicator "proportion of countries that have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration".<ref>"Legal Identity for all, UN SDG target 16.9", https://unstats.un.org/legal-identity-agenda/</ref>
===ID Day===
A number of groups and influencers are pumping the trendiness of "ID-Day", including biometric-update's affiliated podcast site [https://id169.com/about id169]
''"Sept 16 is Int’l #IDday for #SDG 16.9 on #legalidentity for all."''<ref>"Sept 16 is Int’l #IDday for #SDG 16.9 on #legalidentity for all.", Sep 16, 2022, https://twitter.com/WBG_DigitalDev/status/1570910598606770176</ref>
:''What Is the Identity Day Campaign ? The Identity Day (ID Day) Campaign is the ongoing Call for government authorities in all countries around the world to officially recognize 16 September as Identity Day.''<ref>circa Jan 20 2023, https://www.id-day.org/</ref>
:''The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the important role identity plays in empowering individuals to exercise their rights and responsibilities fairly and equitably in a modern society. Countries and organizations that choose to observe this day, would be encouraged to organize events and activities that stimulate public awareness and sensitize legislators and public servants about the responsible adoption of official identity and the necessary protections around it to ensure that it is a tool for public good.SDG 16.9 made ‘legal identity for all’ an important development goal which was embraced by all 193-member states at the United Nations. This campaign is the logical extension of that work''<ref>https://www.id-day.org/campaign</ref>
== Canada==
== Canada==
Adopted by Canada and all other 192 [[United Nations]] Member States in 2015, the [[2030 Agenda]] is a 15-year global framework centered on an ambitious set of 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs).<ref>"Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals ", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/agenda-2030.html</ref><ref>"Funding program", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2019/05/sustainable-development-goals-sdg-funding-program.html</ref>
There are many government affiliated organizations working to advance digital identity systems in Canada. See [[ktdi.org]], [[Policy Horizons]] and [https://diacc.ca/faq/ Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada]
=== Airports / Known Traveller Digital Identity ===
=== Airports / Known Traveller Digital Identity ===
By 2021 Most provinces in Canada had announced plans to implement a [[Vaccine passports|digital vaccine certification system]], such as Ontario, which will use a digital version of the [[Covid passport|COVID-19 vaccination record card]] and a mobile app called the "COVID-19 Vaccination Record" to allow residents to demonstrate their vaccination status.
By 2021 Most provinces in Canada had announced plans to implement a [[Vaccine passports|digital vaccine certification system]], such as Ontario, which will use a digital version of the [[Covid passport|COVID-19 vaccination record card]] and a mobile app called the "COVID-19 Vaccination Record" to allow residents to demonstrate their vaccination status.
=== Banking / Bankers Association ===
===Bankers Association ===
In Feb 2022, Neil Parmenter of the Canadian Bankers Association promoted digital identity advancement as being on the cusp of a revolution in how people authenticate online.<ref>"Canadian bankers association - Digital ID",World Reflection, 2min clip, circa Feb 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpUFY1-GmCA, cited by https://twitter.com/KathrynLouiseBC/status/1604916667523682305</ref> As summarized in the purpose section, many concerns regard one's ability to 'bank' being frozen<ref name = "bank1"> </ref><ref name = "bank2"> </ref><ref name = "bank3"> </ref><ref name = "bank4"> </ref>.
In Feb 2022, Neil Parmenter of the Canadian Bankers Association promoted digital identity advancement as being on the cusp of a revolution in how people authenticate online.<ref>"Canadian bankers association - Digital ID",World Reflection, 2min clip, circa Feb 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpUFY1-GmCA, cited by https://twitter.com/KathrynLouiseBC/status/1604916667523682305</ref>
==Criticisms==
==Criticisms==
In addition to many criticisms suggested above, a Digital ID system is fundamentally a centralized approach to trust. See HTTPS/SSL history for problems with centralized trust models [[Trusted_Root_Certificate_Authority_(CA)#Early_CA_infrastructure|here]].
===Alternative Definition ===
Many critics take a broad view of what is "digital identity". For example, several believe digital ID is ''already here'', in places. Others tie it to a collection of trends:
# trends to tie commerce with politics (such as the below links for frozen bank accounts, vilification of anonymity, privacy, promotion of points systems and social credit systems, promotions of CBDC agendas),
# trends to ''require'' your most intimate data ([[biometrics]]) for [[Multifactor Authentication|authentication]] and [[Access Control|access]] to services, and to perhaps remove your cards ('' decentralized methods of proving ID''),
# broader trends toward and centralization (gas, food..) and authoritarianism (demands for compliance and trust, perhaps surpassing that demanded during lockdowns and [[Covid passport|covid vaccine passports]])
===Centralization===
In addition to any critical remarks above, a Digital ID system is a centralized approach to trust. See [[Trusted_Root_Certificate_Authority_(CA)#Early_CA_infrastructure|HTTPS/SSL history]] for problems with centralized trust models.
===Surveillance ===
December 2021, just before Christmas, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) acknowledged that it ''secretly'' tracked location data from at least 33 million mobile devices to analyze people's movements during COVID-19 quarantines.<ref>Video, press conference, tweet Jan 18, 2022, https://twitter.com/Aslapes11/status/1483389677096820742</ref>. Concerns are whether this behaviour continues to this day or has suitable checks and balances.
===Banking===
As summarized in the purpose section, many concerns regard one's ability to 'bank' being frozen<ref name = "bank1"> </ref><ref name = "bank2"> </ref><ref name = "bank3"> </ref><ref name = "bank4"> </ref>.
==See also==
==See also==