{"id":2913,"date":"2022-04-01T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:56:03","slug":"is-digital-identity-the-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/2022\/04\/01\/is-digital-identity-the-way-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Digital Identity the Way to Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The state of Saskatchewan is a member of Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada since the March of 2020 and has been considering implementing a Digital ID system in the province. In its current standing Alberta already has a similar application implemented. The intended purpose of this system is to speed up the government processes. Rather then to wait for an authentication code or visiting a registry office, a citizen can access to government in a fast manner from the comfort of their homes. This feature by itself certainly does not appear to cause any harm and would make the people of Saskatchewan’s lives easier. But when considering the implementation of such a system we shouldn’t look over what it means for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In its current standing the Digital ID system would just enable the access of an individual to his\/her government services online, and the use of this feature is completely optional as anyone who does not want to use it can instead just do it the “old” way. But it is not hard to see this promise of options disappearing shortly after Digital ID proves itself functional as it would render the expenses caused by other means unnecessary. But even then what trouble could it cause for the society at that point in time. Nothing much really. But while providing a means to make interactions between the citizen and the government easier, Digital ID also provides a foundation for a system that can legally keep track of an individual’s daily interactions online and record them. Now that you can be legally identified online to interact with the government, in the upcoming years it is much easier to link your identification not just to your car registration request you make on the online registry but also to any random article you read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is not the government having your identification information (They already do as they are supposed to<\/em>) or it choosing an online storefront for its services. The problem is any government entity having control or access to anything that does not concern them in a functional sense. In the future, implementations like Digital ID could make it much harder for an average citizen to keep his\/her online interactions a private affair. This would alter our behavior, making the society itself less free as a whole, since people tend to act differently under supervision than they would have without it even though their actions wouldn’t be a misconduct or a crime. They might be ashamed of someone else having knowledge of their lives or even worse they could be avoiding unjust prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course the government is not the enemy but we shouldn’t forget that it is not the master either. And no, Digital ID is not gonna transform Saskatchewan into communist Russia and probably is something that needs to be implemented one way or another. We are living in a digital age after all. The point I want to emphasize is that it is indeed an existing threat that harmless implementations such as Digital ID could evolve to be tools of intrusion and authoritarianism and it is up to the individual to keep this from happening by exercising their democratic rights to keep the government out of places where they have no business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Brother Scott Moe plans to reduce what little privacy we have left – MooseJawToday.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CPIN – Turkey – Gulenists – v1.0 (DRAFT) (justice.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bylock Kullan\u0131c\u0131s\u0131 FET\u00d6 San\u0131\u011f\u0131na 6 Y\u0131l 3 Ay Hapis Cezas\u0131 – Memurlar.Net (www-memurlar-net.translate.goog)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The state of Saskatchewan is a member of Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada since the March of 2020 and has been considering implementing a Digital ID system in the province. In its current standing Alberta already has a similar application implemented. The intended purpose of this system is to speed up the government … <\/p>\n

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