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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 For example, an opponent of the politicians in power could suddenly find their digital ID has been revoked, meaning that they can no longer bank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 For example, an opponent of the politicians in power could suddenly find their digital ID has been revoked, meaning that they can no longer bank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>
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==UN Legal Identity Agenda==
See [[Legal Identity]]<br />
United Nations 2030 Agenda's ambitious set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) includes
::# 16.9 ("legal identity for all, including birth registration, by 2030") is key to advance the 2030 Agenda commitment to leave no one behind
::# 17.19 — support to statistical capacity-building in developing countries, monitored by the indicator "proportion of countries that have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration".
== Federated ID Systems ==
To federate<ref>"SSO is meant to authenticate one person across different systems. FIM will allow one user access to many applications over any number of networks..", from "Federated Identity Management vs. SSO: Which is Better?" Javed Shah, December 16, 2021 https://www.1kosmos.com/identity-management/federated-identity-management-vs-sso/</ref><ref>Compare and Contrast — Federated Identity vs Self-sovereign Identity Apr 26, 2021 https://academy.affinidi.com/compare-and-contrast-federated-identity-vs-self-sovereign-identity-227a85cbab18</ref><ref>White Paper: "Canada’s Digital ID Future - A Federated Approach In this brief, we highlight why Canada needs a digital identity system, how other countries have .." May 30, 2018 https://cba.ca/embracing-digital-id-in-canada</ref> a digital ID system refers to making it a matter of national legislation and required for compliances and access to services.<br />
Ukraine was one of the first countries to federate a digital identity system Diia<ref>Video, “Ukraine exports its digital ID technology Ukraine’s government services smartphone app, Diia, has become so “successful” that other countries are interested in replicating it. One of those countries is Estonia, one of the world’s most digitized countries.” https://twitter.com/bigDkenna1/status/1618393202557345792</ref><ref>Video, "Diia (Short For "The State And I"): Mobile Application And Web Portal Review. My Personal Experience" Liza Clinical Wizard, Jan 28, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ath4RcBMo_0</ref>. India also has Aadhaar. Estonia has taken a unique 'decentralized' approach to a national digital ID system<ref>"Estonia's approach to digital ID... Decentralized and very different - but that didn't stop them being at the forefront of developing vaccine passports with the WHO." Jan 24 Alex Klaushofer , https://khmezek.substack.com/p/ukraines-diia-city-initiative-the , from "Whose data is it anyway? The UK government plans to share a lot of information about YOU." https://alexklaushofer.substack.com/p/whose-data-is-it-anyway?r=bkpk4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</ref>.
== UK ==
On March 1st a consultation<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-legislation-to-help-more-people-prove-their-identity-online/consultation-on-draft-legislation-to-support-identity-verification</ref> about digital identify verification and data sharing between public authorities comes to a close<ref name="whose-data">Whose data is it anyway? The UK government plans to share a lot of information about YOU , Alex Klaushofer Jan 23 2023, https://alexklaushofer.substack.com/p/whose-data-is-it-anyway?r=bkpk4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</ref>. Launched on January 4th, the proposed changes will spend a short time under public consideration. Specific review and criticisms are available.<ref name="whose-data"></ref>
== Canada==
== Canada==
Adopted by Canada and all other 192 [[United Nations]] Member States in 2015, the [[2030 Agenda]] is a 15-year global framework centered on an ambitious set of 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs).<ref>"Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals ", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/agenda-2030.html</ref><ref>"Funding program", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2019/05/sustainable-development-goals-sdg-funding-program.html</ref>
Adopted by Canada and all other 192 [[United Nations]] Member States in 2015, the [[2030 Agenda]] is a 15-year global framework centered on an ambitious set of 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs).<ref>"Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals ", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/agenda-2030.html</ref><ref>"Funding program", https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2019/05/sustainable-development-goals-sdg-funding-program.html</ref>
==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). 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.
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.
===Alternative Definition ===
===Alternative Definition ===