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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“You'll own nothing and you'll be happy”

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mean, you never owned your passport, ever.

If you look at the very first page, it says “ property of the US government” and then there’s some blurb about tampering being a felony.

Same thing for a diver’s license. You don’t own it, your state does.

I do agree that moving to digital identification is a huge mistake. It’s too easy to lose access to a digital device or account. Or have it spoofed in some way. I’d much rather have a physical ID that won’t run out of battery or have a glitch that makes accessing it impossible for an unknown length of time.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Thats a bit tame, first page of the British passport is:

"His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary"

Oi you, this is my mate and you're going to look after him, alright.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Plus the republicans would lose their damn minds over this prospect. E-ID for elections? Never.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

lol a passport should come with a TOS agreement 300 pages long.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I mean it kinda does, except the TOS agreement is literally the law.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you look at the very first page, it says " property of the US government"

I'm pretty sure the USA does not own my South American and European passports nor my driving licences

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, but your government probably does.

Or is this too abstract a concept to extrapolate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I think the previous person was just giving a shitpost style reply