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===Centralization===
===Centralization===
Digital ID proponents tend also to seek to centralize a number of things of relative concern among critics:
:Trust model: 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.
:Datasets/Databases: Digital ID proponents tend also to seek to centralize very large<ref>"..now reportedly contains information on 5,500 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states and multiple territories and districts." from "US biometric surveillance database reaches 10,000 data points " Nov 21, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202211/us-biometric-surveillance-database-reaches-10000-data-points</ref><ref>"Government databases could replace document-based ID verification: Sumsub CTO" Dec 12, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/government-databases-could-replace-document-based-id-verification-sumsub-cto</ref> datasets and databases. This sort of policy is attractive externally (to hackers and bad actors) and internally( human error and incompetence<ref> "Bumbling NYPD contractor nearly infects fingerprint database with ransomware " Dec 13, 2019 https://www.biometricupdate.com/201912/bumbling-nypd-contractor-nearly-infects-fingerprint-database-with-ransomware</ref> ).
===Surveillance ===
===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.
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.