this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
827 points (98.2% liked)

Technology

60684 readers
3628 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
827
Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)
submitted 1 day ago by formerlytomato@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Ahrotahntee@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

The technology has existed since the 80s.

X509 certificates would allow a government agency to sign a digital identity indicating that it's legitimate, would allow for remote revocation in the event of loss or theft, and can be easily integrated with every existing computer and browser.

An issued physical card would resemble a credit card, with a chip in it. Other physical form factors can take the shape of USB-devices which bundle the card and the reader into a single device.