“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression,” he said during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The social media that was supposed to bring unity, clarity and democracy have instead given us division, vice and a reactionary agenda.”

  • @Serinus
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    113 hours ago

    It’s the digital equivalent of a state issued ID or driver’s license

    Exactly. And it’ll be run by X, The Everything Platform.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 hours ago

      Something similar already exists. I mean, there’s nothing stopping you from buying a certificate from Digicert or GoDaddy or whatever and sign your emails with it, but you can’t exactly use it to sign on to your bank or IRS.gov.

      DoD PKI has the ECA program, though, and it is a requirement to authenticate to a lot of DoD resources.