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==Criticisms==

==Criticisms==

Many critics take broad views of what is digital identity.  For example, a pervasive take in places like UK and Canada is that digital ID is ''already here''<ref>Video "Digital IDs Are HERE!! Why You Should Be WORRIED!!.." Coin Bureau, Dec 11, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwRSzNTp2ko&t=169s</ref>.  This section starts with alternative definitions and then expands on areas of ongoing concern.

Many critics take broad views of what is digital identity.  For example, a pervasive take in places like UK and Canada is that digital ID is already here (youtuber Coin Bureau<ref>Video "Digital IDs Are HERE!! Why You Should Be WORRIED!!.." Coin Bureau, Dec 11, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwRSzNTp2ko&t=169s</ref>, see notes on surveilance and bank freezing). Ukraine was one of the first countries to federate a digital identity system Diia.  India also has Aadhaar.  Concerns about digital identity are addressed in books such as "Scanned.."(2022)<ref>"Scanned: Why Vaccine Passports and Digital IDs Will Mean the End of Privacy and Personal Freedom Paperback "– March 17, 2022 by Nick Corbishley (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Scanned-Vaccine-Passports-Digital-Personal/dp/1645021629</ref> as well, where the thrust pertains to privacy and personal liberties. This section covers an alternative definition and then expands on areas of ongoing concern.

===Alternative Definition ===

===Alternative Definition ===

Critics may also tie "digital ID" broadly to a collection of trends:  

Critics may also view digital identity broadly as a collection of concurrent trends:  

# trends to tie commerce with politics (such as the below links for frozen bank accounts<ref name = "bank1"> </ref><ref name = "bank2"> </ref><ref name = "bank3"> </ref><ref name = "bank4"> </ref>, vilification of anonymity<ref>"The US Justice Department is part of WEF's Partnership against Cybercrime, which is run by an Israeli intelligence veteran and pushes for the end of online anonymity and the merging of Wall Street w their regulators and intelligence agencies. "Jan 18, 2023 https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb/status/1615754783494930432</ref><ref>"We investigated how objective, behavioral data on [[social media]] use was correlated with the Dark Tetrad facets and the HEXACO traits., "  from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922004652, from "Don't allow the anonymous troll-demons to post with the real verified people  @elonmusk . Put them in their own hell.." Nov 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1593691037121228801</ref> and privacy<ref>"..privacy and freedom of expression issues that have not been addressed by the government of Canada." Sep 19, 2022 PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser, "My main problem with Bill C 11: The regulation of user-generated content " https://youtu.be/KKx_0UfdsT0 </ref>, promotion of points systems and [[social credit system|social credit systems]], promotions of CBDC agendas),  

# trends to tie commerce with politics (such as the below links for frozen bank accounts<ref name = "bank1"> </ref><ref name = "bank2"> </ref><ref name = "bank3"> </ref><ref name = "bank4"> </ref>, vilification of anonymity<ref>"The US Justice Department is part of WEF's Partnership against Cybercrime, which is run by an Israeli intelligence veteran and pushes for the end of online anonymity and the merging of Wall Street w their regulators and intelligence agencies. "Jan 18, 2023 https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb/status/1615754783494930432</ref><ref>"We investigated how objective, behavioral data on [[social media]] use was correlated with the Dark Tetrad facets and the HEXACO traits., "  from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922004652, from "Don't allow the anonymous troll-demons to post with the real verified people  @elonmusk . Put them in their own hell.." Nov 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1593691037121228801</ref> and privacy<ref>"..privacy and freedom of expression issues that have not been addressed by the government of Canada." Sep 19, 2022 PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser, "My main problem with Bill C 11: The regulation of user-generated content " https://youtu.be/KKx_0UfdsT0 </ref>, promotion of points systems and [[social credit system|social credit systems]], promotions of CBDC agendas),  

# trends to ''require'' one's most intimate data ([[biometrics]]<ref>"Integration of blockchain and biometrics to redefine digital identity by 2030: report" Nov 12, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/integration-of-blockchain-and-biometrics-to-redefine-digital-identity-by-2030-report</ref>) for [[Multifactor Authentication|authentication]] and [[Access Control|access]]<ref>"Sentry Enterprise’s plans to supply enterprises with physical and logical access control through its biometric SentryCards..." from "Stage set for next round of secure access control biometrics adoption" Jan 22, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/stage-set-for-next-round-of-secure-access-control-biometrics-adoption</ref> to services, and to perhaps remove one's cards ('' decentralized methods of proving ID''),

# trends to ''require'' one's most intimate data ([[biometrics]]<ref>"Integration of blockchain and biometrics to redefine digital identity by 2030: report" Nov 12, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/integration-of-blockchain-and-biometrics-to-redefine-digital-identity-by-2030-report</ref>) for [[Multifactor Authentication|authentication]] and [[Access Control|access]]<ref>"Sentry Enterprise’s plans to supply enterprises with physical and logical access control through its biometric SentryCards..." from "Stage set for next round of secure access control biometrics adoption" Jan 22, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/stage-set-for-next-round-of-secure-access-control-biometrics-adoption</ref> to commerce(Amazon One<ref>Video "Pay with the palm of your hand.." Jan 27, 2023 https://twitter.com/george_orwell3/status/1619113034571730944</ref>), services, and to perhaps remove one's cards<ref>video, Jan 27, 2023, https://youtu.be/cwj4unWn6vw</ref> ('' decentralized methods of proving ID''),

# broader trends toward and centralization (gas<ref>Video "Sri Lanka is using digital gas ration books now. How do you think this will be abused?"  Aug 9, 2022 https://twitter.com/YALiberty/status/1557079415116500994</ref><ref>"Digital ration cards in Sri Lanka for fuel. .. they literally won't serve you, and to make matters worse the petrol stations all over Sri Lanka now have fully automatic weapons at the petrol stations because you can imagine people's response.. " Sep 5, 2022 https://twitter.com/Alessa11alexa/status/1566855907962658818</ref><ref>"The integration of P97 mobile commerce platform with Cerence Pay makes voice biometric payments available at more than 30 percent of fuel retailers in the U.S., according to the announcement" from "Cerence biometrics partnership brings voice purchases to US gas stations" May 18, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202105/cerence-biometrics-partnership-brings-voice-purchases-to-us-gas-stations</ref>, food<ref>"AnyVision explores biometrics in food distribution and logistics applications" Jun 9, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202106/anyvision-explores-biometrics-in-food-distribution-and-logistics-applications</ref><ref>"Yoti discusses digital identity use to monitor food and cash rations" Nov 23, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/yoti-discusses-digital-identity-use-to-monitor-food-and-cash-rations</ref><ref>"Integrated Biometrics case study details fingerprint verification of food aid recipients in Yemen" Apr 8, 2020 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202004/integrated-biometrics-case-study-details-fingerprint-verification-of-food-aid-recipients-in-yemen </ref>..) and authoritarianism<ref>"The allure of Chinese ‘digital authoritarianism’ for Latin America" Jan 17, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/the-allure-of-chinese-digital-authoritarianism-for-latin-america</ref><ref>"IBIA Annual Membership Meeting to feature presentation on COVID-19, authoritarianism and biometrics Jun"Jun 30, 2020 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202006/ibia-annual-membership-meeting-to-feature-presentation-on-covid-19-authoritarianism-and-biometrics</ref><ref>"Authoritarianism in South Korea keeps peeking around the curtain... ", from "orea’s out front with digital IDs, but national history could be decisive in success" Oct 17, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202210/koreas-out-front-with-digital-ids-but-national-history-could-be-decisive-in-success</ref> (demands for compliance and trust, perhaps surpassing that demanded during lockdowns and [[Covid passport|covid vaccine passports]])

# broader trends toward and centralization (gas<ref>Video "Sri Lanka is using digital gas ration books now. How do you think this will be abused?"  Aug 9, 2022 https://twitter.com/YALiberty/status/1557079415116500994</ref><ref>"Digital ration cards in Sri Lanka for fuel. .. they literally won't serve you, and to make matters worse the petrol stations all over Sri Lanka now have fully automatic weapons at the petrol stations because you can imagine people's response.. " Sep 5, 2022 https://twitter.com/Alessa11alexa/status/1566855907962658818</ref><ref>"The integration of P97 mobile commerce platform with Cerence Pay makes voice biometric payments available at more than 30 percent of fuel retailers in the U.S., according to the announcement" from "Cerence biometrics partnership brings voice purchases to US gas stations" May 18, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202105/cerence-biometrics-partnership-brings-voice-purchases-to-us-gas-stations</ref>, food<ref>"AnyVision explores biometrics in food distribution and logistics applications" Jun 9, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202106/anyvision-explores-biometrics-in-food-distribution-and-logistics-applications</ref><ref>"Yoti discusses digital identity use to monitor food and cash rations" Nov 23, 2021 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/yoti-discusses-digital-identity-use-to-monitor-food-and-cash-rations</ref><ref>"Integrated Biometrics case study details fingerprint verification of food aid recipients in Yemen" Apr 8, 2020 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202004/integrated-biometrics-case-study-details-fingerprint-verification-of-food-aid-recipients-in-yemen </ref>..) and authoritarianism<ref>"The allure of Chinese ‘digital authoritarianism’ for Latin America" Jan 17, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202201/the-allure-of-chinese-digital-authoritarianism-for-latin-america</ref><ref>"IBIA Annual Membership Meeting to feature presentation on COVID-19, authoritarianism and biometrics Jun"Jun 30, 2020 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202006/ibia-annual-membership-meeting-to-feature-presentation-on-covid-19-authoritarianism-and-biometrics</ref><ref>"Authoritarianism in South Korea keeps peeking around the curtain... ", from "orea’s out front with digital IDs, but national history could be decisive in success" Oct 17, 2022 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202210/koreas-out-front-with-digital-ids-but-national-history-could-be-decisive-in-success</ref> (demands for compliance and trust, perhaps surpassing that demanded during lockdowns and [[Covid passport|covid vaccine passports]])