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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 (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). 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.

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). Concerns about digital identity are addressed in books such as "''Scanned: Why Vaccine Passports and Digital IDs Will Mean the End of Privacy and Personal Freedom''"(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.

===Composite Definition ===

===Composite Definition ===

One writer proposes to view digital identity as a composite or set of concurrent trends:  

One writer proposes to view digital identity as a composite or set of concurrent trends:  

# Digital Health Credential systems, ''see [[International Health Regulations|WHO Pandemic Treaty (International Health Regulations IHRs)]], [[Covid passport|covid vaccine passports]])''

# Digital Health Credential systems, ''see [[International Health Regulations|WHO Pandemic Treaty (International Health Regulations IHRs)]], [[Covid passport|covid vaccine passports]])''

===Centralization===

===Centralization===

Digital ID proponents tend also to seek to centralize a number of things of relative concern among critics:

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> ).

 

:'''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<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( 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 ===