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user-inactivated · 3858 days ago · link · · parent · post: US Government Begins Rollout Of Its 'Driver's License For The Internet' In Michigan And Pennsylvania
Hmm, seems like with most government plans it has one good idea coupled with two bad ones. This makes a lot of sense for properly authenticating the user when accessing government services. It would be really convenient to have a unified ID for FAFSA, Tax filing, registrations and permit applications, etc. If you're like me and forgot your FAFSA PIN pretty much every semester when you tried to use it, it does seem useful. Two major bad ideas though: generalizing it for non-government logins, and storing the data with third parties. Dumb dumb dumb, and dangerous.