Countries all over the world are imposing digital IDs. They tie your identity to everything you do.
Is America next?
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Spain’s Prime Minister wants “An end to anonymity online!”
Tech privacy expert Naomi Brockwell @NaomiBrockwellTV warns that’s dangerous.
“Privacy is not about hiding,” she tells Stossel TV producer Kristin Tokarev. “It’s about an individual’s right to decide for themselves who gets access to their data. A Digital ID… will strip individuals of that choice.”
The new government mandated digital IDs aren’t just a digital version of your driver’s license or passport.
“It connects everything,” Brockwell explains. “Your financial decisions, to your social media posts, your likes, the things that you’re watching, places that you’re going… Everything you say will be tied back to who you are.”
And once everything runs through a single government ID, access to services becomes something you need permission for.
That’s already a reality in China where citizens are tracked, scored, and punished for “bad” behavior.
Brockwell warns the US is “skyrocketing in that direction.”
She says Americans need to push back now.
