Online Identity Verification with the Digital Credentials API
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The Digital Credentials API aims to simplify online identity verification, sparking discussion on its potential impact and implementation.
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aboardRat4
3 months ago
Indeed, we probably don't need any "identity verification".
mindslight
3 months ago
oof, another nail in the societal coffin that is digital totalitarianism. It really feels like this is all being orchestrated to push on us at once (I mean how convenient that "REAL ID" has gone into full force just as fascism has become cool), but perhaps I'm just fucking tired.
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