<story><title>Apple announces first states to adopt driver’s licenses and IDs in Apple Wallet</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/09/apple-announces-first-states-to-adopt-drivers-licenses-and-state-ids-in-wallet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nbzso</author><text>The disturbing thing is that instead of breaking monopolistic behemoths who are feeding their empires from our data, governments are offloading more power to them. If some form of Digital ID is required it must be done on government level with proper public oversight and always available analogue procedures and backup.&lt;p&gt;But this is convenient, you say.
What is this? Because you have a digital gizmo, knowing all about you, you cannot comprehend the magnitude of situation? You trust a private corporation more than actual laws and government procedures and you feel right and cool?&lt;p&gt;You have nothing to hide and everyone is having your data anyway? 
The Minority Report version of the future is building in front of you and you don&amp;#x27;t care, because is convenient?
Are you not informed? Are you technically uneducated? Or are you blind? CCP Social rating is working in China. In the next two years will work globally, under different &amp;quot;democratic&amp;quot; branding.&lt;p&gt;What is a logical response? The logical response is simple. It is time to balance convenience with privacy and some form of &amp;quot;realistic&amp;quot; view of the world. 
This corporate power will be abused. The question is how soon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Blahagun</author><text>&amp;gt;You trust a private corporation more than actual laws and government procedures and you feel right and cool?&lt;p&gt;Governments all around the world have proven many times that they are corrupt, incompetent, constantly make _horrible_ mistakes that impact our privacy, etc. 
What&amp;#x27;s your point exactly?</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple announces first states to adopt driver’s licenses and IDs in Apple Wallet</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/09/apple-announces-first-states-to-adopt-drivers-licenses-and-state-ids-in-wallet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nbzso</author><text>The disturbing thing is that instead of breaking monopolistic behemoths who are feeding their empires from our data, governments are offloading more power to them. If some form of Digital ID is required it must be done on government level with proper public oversight and always available analogue procedures and backup.&lt;p&gt;But this is convenient, you say.
What is this? Because you have a digital gizmo, knowing all about you, you cannot comprehend the magnitude of situation? You trust a private corporation more than actual laws and government procedures and you feel right and cool?&lt;p&gt;You have nothing to hide and everyone is having your data anyway? 
The Minority Report version of the future is building in front of you and you don&amp;#x27;t care, because is convenient?
Are you not informed? Are you technically uneducated? Or are you blind? CCP Social rating is working in China. In the next two years will work globally, under different &amp;quot;democratic&amp;quot; branding.&lt;p&gt;What is a logical response? The logical response is simple. It is time to balance convenience with privacy and some form of &amp;quot;realistic&amp;quot; view of the world. 
This corporate power will be abused. The question is how soon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>littleweep</author><text>You present problems. What are the solutions in your view?</text></comment>