I heard you can't even fly domestic in USA without a digital id.
They tried to roll out digital id in Australia during Covid and nobody signed up.
most people were just writing down fake names and fake phone numbers on the paper form whenever they had to do a sign in.
A lot of people think it's the reason behind the social media ban for under 16s, force adults to do age verification.
And digital ID is going to be the "convenient" way to verify age.
Don’t need the digital ID in the U.S. yet. Right now they want us to have a “real ID” which is still a physical drivers license it just has “enhanced security features”. I don’t know what they are, I don’t have one. If you don’t have a “real ID”, you have to have a passport to fly.
Yeah real id is the name for the American digital id.
So many people seem to have fallen for it, it'll be the same here.
They'll rename it the age verification system.
We've had digital id since 2021, very few people used it, rona was the excuse, scan a QR code whenever you enter a building or travel anywhere.
People hated it.
But a simple name change and I bet people will sign up for the convenience.
It'll be renamed the convenient alternative for age verification, something along those lines.
Real ID primarily:
- sets a lowest security requirement for the card issued (UV, holograms, etc.)
- sets a minimum required process to verify that it is actually you getting the ID
- requires some other things about your legal status to get one
- requires machine-readable barcode with the same data as the front of the card
You can op out. You can fly without digital ID and opt out of the eye scan as well. Speak up & know your rights in the US
