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Nobody is proposing a system where you need to authenticate with some national ID in order to do any of the things you mentioned.

We are talking about having better authentication (both more privacy-aware and more flexible) for situations where it's needed. You don't need to validate your identity for email, facebook, or groceries, so obviously this wouldn't apply there. This would apply to things where some ID auth is already taking place (e.g. anything that asks for your SSN, KYC processes in general, etc).




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