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Many critics view these developments as to be expected and predicted by earlier trends. Perhaps the biggest predictor trend is the decline in the level of individual [[freedom]], respect for [[natural law]] and [[unalienable rights]], and [[self-governance]] in [[The West|Western countries]]. This decline is accompanied by the decline in biblical values which affirm the importance of freedom.<ref>Behreandt, Dennis (January 3, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34261-the-divine-message-of-freedom The Divine Message of Freedom]</ref>.  See also [[War on freedom]], and books like RFK's "''The Real Anthony Fauci.. Global War on Democracy and Public Health''"<ref>"The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health " Nov. 16 2021  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  https://www.amazon.ca/Real-Anthony-Fauci-Pharma-Democracy/dp/1510766804</ref>

Many critics view these developments as to be expected and predicted by earlier trends. Perhaps the biggest predictor trend is the decline in the level of individual [[freedom]], respect for [[natural law]] and [[unalienable rights]], and [[self-governance]] in [[The West|Western countries]]. This decline is accompanied by the decline in biblical values which affirm the importance of freedom.<ref>Behreandt, Dennis (January 3, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34261-the-divine-message-of-freedom The Divine Message of Freedom]</ref>.  See also [[War on freedom]], and books like RFK's "''The Real Anthony Fauci.. Global War on Democracy and Public Health''"<ref>"The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health " Nov. 16 2021  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  https://www.amazon.ca/Real-Anthony-Fauci-Pharma-Democracy/dp/1510766804</ref>

===Centralization===

===Data and Access===

Digital ID proponents tend also to seek to centralize a number of things of relative concern among critics: 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.  Digital ID proponents also 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'''<ref>Video "Dangers of plants and centralized data"  Matt Gubba, circa Jan 22, https://twitter.com/Raul_Aztec/status/1617187582743388237</ref>. This sort of policy is attractive externally (to hackers and bad actors) and  internally(poor morale and ethic, human error, 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> ).

Digital ID proponents tend also to seek to centralize data and control access to it: 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.  Digital ID proponents also 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'''<ref>Video "Dangers of plants and centralized data"  Matt Gubba, circa Jan 22, https://twitter.com/Raul_Aztec/status/1617187582743388237</ref>. This sort of policy is attractive externally (to hackers and bad actors) and  internally(poor morale and ethic, human error, 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> ).

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