| | It also provides much greater control to a single authoritative party, rather than a diverse collection of entities, each for their own purposes. This could theoretically be useful in fighting crime<ref>https://www.dawn.com/news/1730768/safe-city-seeks-high-resolution-photos-of-over-4000-criminals-from-nadra</ref><ref>https://www.biometricupdate.com/202301/pakistan-id-authority-shares-data-of-4k-wanted-people-for-biometric-matching</ref>.<br/> However, that same single authority can use their power for negative purposes as well. For example, an opponent of the politicians in power could suddenly find their digital ID has been revoked, meaning that they can no longer bank<ref name = "bank1">"Bank Apologizes over Trucker Convoy account freeze ", Marc Patrone , May 30, 2022 , https://bjdichter.substack.com/p/bank-apologizes-over-trucker-convoy?r=10rk8l&</ref><ref name = "bank2">"..yesterday my ability to e-transfer funds was suddenly re-activated.”, Andrea Lee, May 2022, https://twitter.com/RealAndyLeeShow/status/1531645687548366848</ref><ref name = "bank3">Canadian Veteran banned from Scotiabank (phone audio) , Jan 20, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9R6SaXqxTI</ref><ref name = "bank4">https://twitter.com/rick_ppc/status/1616783852730474496</ref>, travel, buy food, earn money, or do much of anything else, all at once. The single ID authority would yield incredible power over its citizens, which some people see as a benefit and purpose of digital ID.<ref>https://thecountersignal.com/why-is-a-digital-id-so-dangerous/</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/story/digital-ids-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/</ref> | | It also provides much greater control to a single authoritative party, rather than a diverse collection of entities, each for their own purposes. This could theoretically be useful in fighting crime<ref>https://www.dawn.com/news/1730768/safe-city-seeks-high-resolution-photos-of-over-4000-criminals-from-nadra</ref><ref>https://www.biometricupdate.com/202301/pakistan-id-authority-shares-data-of-4k-wanted-people-for-biometric-matching</ref>.<br/> However, that same single authority can use their power for negative purposes as well. For example, an opponent of the politicians in power could suddenly find their digital ID has been revoked, meaning that they can no longer bank<ref name = "bank1">"Bank Apologizes over Trucker Convoy account freeze ", Marc Patrone , May 30, 2022 , https://bjdichter.substack.com/p/bank-apologizes-over-trucker-convoy?r=10rk8l&</ref><ref name = "bank2">"..yesterday my ability to e-transfer funds was suddenly re-activated.”, Andrea Lee, May 2022, https://twitter.com/RealAndyLeeShow/status/1531645687548366848</ref><ref name = "bank3">Canadian Veteran banned from Scotiabank (phone audio) , Jan 20, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9R6SaXqxTI</ref><ref name = "bank4">https://twitter.com/rick_ppc/status/1616783852730474496</ref>, travel, buy food, earn money, or do much of anything else, all at once. The single ID authority would yield incredible power over its citizens, which some people see as a benefit and purpose of digital ID.<ref>https://thecountersignal.com/why-is-a-digital-id-so-dangerous/</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/story/digital-ids-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/</ref> |
| | The United Nations has 2 agendas which, between the 2, promote digital identity: United Nations Legal Identity Agenda and United Nations Development Programme Digital Strategy 2022-2025<br /> | | The United Nations has 2 agendas which, between the 2, promote digital identity: United Nations Legal Identity Agenda and United Nations Development Programme Digital Strategy 2022-2025<br /> |
| | For example, the word 'digital' actually occurs once on the landing page for the legal identity agenda: "''Proof of legal identity is defined as a credential, such as birth certificate, identity card or digital identity credential''"<ref>Legal Identity Agenda https://unstats.un.org/legal-identity-agenda </ref><br /> | | For example, the word 'digital' actually occurs once on the landing page for the legal identity agenda: "''Proof of legal identity is defined as a credential, such as birth certificate, identity card or digital identity credential''"<ref>Legal Identity Agenda https://unstats.un.org/legal-identity-agenda </ref><br /> |
| | + | ::''We acknowledge the importance of shared technical standards and verification message, under the framework of the international health regulations 2005 , to facilitate seamless international travel, interoperability, recognizing digital solutions and non-digital solutions, including proof of vaccinations. We support continued international dialogue and collaboration on the establishment of trusted global digital health networks as part of the efforts to strengthen prevention and response to future pandemics, that should capitalize in build on the success of the existing standards and digital Covid-19 Certificates. (Point 23, G20 Bali Leaders' declaration, The White House)''<ref>p23, "......We acknowledge the importance of shared technical standards and verification methods, under the framework of the IHR (2005), to facilitate seamless international travel, interoperability, and recognizing digital solutions and non-digital solutions, including proof of vaccinations. We support continued international dialogue and collaboration on the establishment of trusted global digital health networks as part of the efforts to strengthen prevention and response to future pandemics, that should capitalize and build on the success of the existing standards and digital COVID-19 certificates. " https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/16/g20-bali-leaders-declaration/</ref><ref>secondary sources, tweet thread, https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1593186333878816768</ref> |