Trudeau government to introduce national “Digital Identity Program”

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The_Foxer

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As long as they don't put Rogers communication in charge................
I guess basically you cease to exist as far as the gov't is concerned whenever they crash hard. I dunno - I mean, so you spend a few days a year legally dead. That might be no so bad, "Sorry boss can't come in today, the gov't crashed and i'm legally dead. I hope to be better tomorrow". Good for your taxes too. Makes figuring out your birthday a bit of a bitch but y'know...
 

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I guess basically you cease to exist as far as the gov't is concerned whenever they crash hard. I dunno - I mean, so you spend a few days a year legally dead. That might be no so bad, "Sorry boss can't come in today, the gov't crashed and i'm legally dead. I hope to be better tomorrow". Good for your taxes too. Makes figuring out your birthday a bit of a bitch but y'know...
"He's been mostly dead all day."
--Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
 

Decapoda

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Everyone needs to look at what's going on in China with their social credit system. It's obvious this is the first necessary step toward a parallel system being implemented in Canada by our autocratic leader who has a hopelessly impossible time hiding his "level of admiration he actually has for China".

People need to wake up. Digital ID for Canada is a hard "NO" for me...not that any decision making in this country is based on democratic will of the people anymore.
 

The_Foxer

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Well there's little doubt this gov't is all about control and tracking. A digital id certainly makes tracking people's movements and activities an order of magnitude more easy.
 

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Well there's little doubt this gov't is all about control and tracking. A digital id certainly makes tracking people's movements and activities an order of magnitude more easy.
The bad news is the NSA reads all your e-mail.

The good news is the NSA reads ALL your e-mail.
 

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The bad news is the NSA reads all your e-mail.

The good news is the NSA reads ALL your e-mail.
My concern would be the guy in China or India or Russia or Nigeria getting into a limp-wristed Gov’t system and finding that this was way more profitable than spamming our site with gummy‘s spam or Mexican bathtub steroids or Viagra.

I know this sounds awfully cynical but….ArriveCAN, among other things.
 
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